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Title: Trump says US backs NATO ‘100%,’ after report he discussed withdrawal
Post by: rangerrebew on January 19, 2019, 12:49:00 pm

Trump says US backs NATO ‘100%,’ after report he discussed withdrawal
By: Joe Gould 

WASHINGTON — Days after a report alleged the U.S. president has repeatedly floated the idea of pulling the country out of NATO, he offered a mixed message in a Pentagon speech.

“We will be with NATO 100 percent, but as I told the countries, you have to step up,” President Donald Trump said Thursday at the Pentagon.

Speaking at the rollout of his administration’s Missile Defense Review, Trump’s remarks follow a report in The New York Times that he spoke about pulling out of the 70-year-old alliance. Trump reportedly told aides around the time of the last NATO summit in Brussels last July that he wanted to withdraw.

https://www.defensenews.com/congress/2019/01/17/trump-says-us-backs-nato-100-after-report-he-discussed-withdrawal/ (https://www.defensenews.com/congress/2019/01/17/trump-says-us-backs-nato-100-after-report-he-discussed-withdrawal/)

Title: Re: Trump says US backs NATO ‘100%,’ after report he discussed withdrawal
Post by: aligncare on January 19, 2019, 12:56:23 pm

We will be with NATO 100 percent. Until the day we’re not.