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Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin

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Tue Mar 23, 2021, 12:58 PM Mar 2021

NATO affirms unity as minsters put Trump era behind them

Source: AP

BRUSSELS (AP) — NATO foreign ministers on Tuesday reaffirmed their commitment to defend each other against outside attack and underlined the strength of relations between North America and Europe, after four years of doubt and concern among some allies under the Trump administration.

In a formal statement, the ministers said: “We are meeting in Brussels to reaffirm the enduring transatlantic bond between Europe and North America, with NATO at its heart.”

The ministers, including U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken, also committed to the collective defense clause — Article 5 of NATO’s founding treaty — under which an attack against one ally shall be considered an attack against them all. It has only been activated once by NATO, after the 9/11 attacks on New York and Washington.

Former U.S. President Donald Trump often criticized NATO partners for failing to pay their fair share of the defense burden, claiming falsely that they owed the alliance or the United States money.



Read more: https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/nato-affirms-unity-as-minsters-put-trump-era-behind-them/ar-BB1eSQfH?li=BBnb7Kz

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NATO affirms unity as minsters put Trump era behind them (Original Post) Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Mar 2021 OP
One of the truly great Trump foreign policy disasters. OAITW r.2.0 Mar 2021 #1
Yes he is. Just as he is behind much of the Brexit idocracy. Ford_Prefect Mar 2021 #2
Minster or Minister or Munsters? twodogsbarking Mar 2021 #3

OAITW r.2.0

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1. One of the truly great Trump foreign policy disasters.
Tue Mar 23, 2021, 01:06 PM
Mar 2021

I have to believe that Putin was the real architect of Trump's NATO actions/inactions.

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