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Trump says NATO no longer 'obsolete'

Washington (CNN)

President Donald Trump took credit Wednesday for steering NATO's focus toward terrorism, declaring the military alliance is no longer outdated after castigating its focus and financing on the campaign trail last year.

"I said it was obsolete," Trump declared at the White House. "It's no longer obsolete."

The about-face came during a joint appearance with NATO's secretary general in the East Room. Trump's original stance, which he voiced as a candidate, had caused unease among some US allies, who worried a retreat from NATO would embolden Russia's territorial ambitions in Europe.

Trump said Wednesday he'd changed views after NATO's leaders assured him the group would turn its attention to combating groups like ISIS going forward.

"The secretary general and I had a productive discussion about what more NATO can do in the fight against terrorism," Trump said. "I complained about that a long time ago, and they made a change and now they do fight terrorism."

 

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Trump's allegation that NATO just recently began combating terror isn't accurate; the alliance has played a central role in Afghanistan for more than a decade. Its involvement in that war came after the United States invoked NATO's Article 5, the provision calling for collective defense, after the September 11, 2001 terror attacks.

Since then, NATO troops have deployed to Afghanistan by the thousands in a bid to stabilize the country and combat terror groups based there.

Member countries have also pushed for better intelligence sharing to combat terrorism, which NATO has sought to facilitate through a new Joint Intelligence and Security Division.

That addition, however, came in the middle of last year, and NATO said then that the new division wasn't prompted by Trump's campaign rhetoric, but rather a desire among members to better share information after a string of terror attacks in Europe.

In an interview on CNN's "Erin Burnett OutFront," Democratic Sen. Ed Markey said he welcomed the change as Trump squaring "his philosophy with reality, but added that he thought Trump's frequent shifts were "undermining our role on the world stage."

"It doesn't have any coherence as a foreign policy whatsoever, and it continues to look like they're just making it up week to week," Markey said.

The meeting Wednesday was Trump's first face-to-face meeting with Jens Stoltenberg, the NATO leader. The two will meet again in May when Trump travels to the group's headquarters in Brussels for talks.

Trump has long insisted the US carries too much of the burden within the defense collective, and had angrily lambasted other nations for not spending sufficient amounts on defense. Since taking office, however, Trump has softened his language, saying he'll maintain US commitment to NATO while reiterating its member nations must step up their military financing.

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"In facing our common challenges, we must also ensure that NATO members meet their financial obligations and pay what they owe. Many have not been doing that," Trump said Wednesday. "If other countries pay their fair share instead of relying on the United States to make up the difference, we will all be much more secure and our partnership will be made that much stronger."

Trump's position on NATO has been the subject of consternation for European leaders, who worried his dismissals of the alliance could encourage Russia, which NATO has worked to check through troop mobilizations on the bloc's eastern edge.

Trump has voiced support for the group since taking office, however, and Wednesday attempted to assure European nations fearful of Russian territorial aggression.

"They are going to have to fear nothing, ultimately," he said. "Right now there is a fear. There are problems, certainly problems, but ultimately I hope that there won't be a fear and there won't be problems and the world can get along. That would be the ideal situation."

http://www.cnn.com/2017/04/12/politics/donald-trump-jens-stoltenberg-nato/index.html

 

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2 minutes ago, f7ben said:

you put him in office ....good job faggot

nope, i did all i could to keep him out of office. you, nor noggin, can say that. couple of pea brained idiots.

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Just now, Snoslinger said:

nope, i did all i could to keep him out of office. you, nor noggin, can say that.  you dumb fuck. 

Nope....you and all spineless dems like you enabled the Hillary fraud and hand delivered us Trump .....thanks. We coulda had the Bern but you fucking morons had to have Hillary

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1 minute ago, Snoslinger said:

nope, i did all i could to keep him out of office. you, nor noggin, can say that. couple of pea brained idiots.

The Democratic party got Trump elected. 

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2 minutes ago, Anler said:

The Democratic party got Trump elected. 

well then i guess the repukes got obama elected, the dems bush, the repukes billy, etc etc etc what a fucking lame excuse. repukes, and dipshit 3rd party voters got trump elected. own it. 

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3 minutes ago, Anler said:

The Democratic party got Trump elected. 

of course they did ....it was their plan to do all they could to make sure he was the candidate running against their anointed queen.

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4 minutes ago, f7ben said:

Nope....you and all spineless dems like you enabled the Hillary fraud and hand delivered us Trump .....thanks. We coulda had the Bern but you fucking morons had to have Hillary

in addition to my above comment, i also voted hor bernie in the primaries. you didn't do a damn fucking thing to prevent trump so shove your accusations up your ass. 

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Just now, Snoslinger said:

in addition to my above comment, i also voted hor bernie in the primaries. you didn't do a damn fucking thing to prevent trump so shove your accusations up your ass. 

I did ....I donated to Bernie and voiced opposition to Hillary.

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2 minutes ago, f7ben said:

of course they did ....it was their plan to do all they could to make sure he was the candidate running against their anointed queen.

riiight, and all the repugs voting trump during the primaries had nothing to do with it :lol:

 

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1 minute ago, Snoslinger said:

riiight, and all the repugs voting trump during the primaries had nothing to do with it :lol:

 

Are you fucking braindead..... we have the emails from Hillary's camp coordinating with the MSM to make sure Trump got more coverage daily than any other candidate. That is a fact you fucking idiot

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1 minute ago, f7ben said:

I did ....I donated to Bernie and voiced opposition to Hillary.

but when it came down to two selections you choked, and helped trump. quit trying to blame your mistakes on others, while enjoying these fucking messes trump is creating. :lol:

 

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1 minute ago, Snoslinger said:

well then i guess the repukes got obama elected, the dems bush, the repukes billy, etc etc etc what a fucking lame excuse. repukes, and dipshit 3rd party voters got trump elected. own it. 

Oh, so Democrats didn't get Trump elected but 3rd party voters did. :lol::lol::lol:

 

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there were more than enough 3rd party votes in the battleground states to give hillary the win. the vast majority of those voters knew their 3rd party candidate didn't have a snowballs chance in hell to win, but they thought they'd send a little message anyway, thinking hillary would win. well it blew up in their little pussy faces. hell i bet some of them were even out protesting against trump. 

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1 minute ago, Snoslinger said:

there were more than enough 3rd party votes in the battleground states to give hillary the win. the vast majority of those voters knew their 3rd party candidate didn't have a snowballs chance in hell to win, but they thought they'd send a little message anyway, thinking hillary would win. well it blew up in their little pussy faces. hell i bet some of them were even out protesting against trump. 

why the fuck should anyone have voted for Hillary ....she was simply the worst candidate that ever ran. Without question. Everything else is hindsight.

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2 minutes ago, Ebsell said:

Bottom line is that if anyone but Hillary would have ran for the Dems against Trump then Trump would have lost. People hated them both, they just hated Hillary more 

nonsense. trumpsters wanted change, and sanders, an established politician, wasn't anything close to that. not to mention, deemed a socialist by many. the repukes own trump, nobody else. 

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1 minute ago, Snoslinger said:

there were more than enough 3rd party votes in the battleground states to give hillary the win. the vast majority of those voters knew their 3rd party candidate didn't have a snowballs chance in hell to win, but they thought they'd send a little message anyway, thinking hillary would win. well it blew up in their little pussy faces. hell i bet some of them were even out protesting against trump. 

Slinger always knows what people are thinking, it's so amazing. 

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1 minute ago, f7ben said:

why the fuck should anyone have voted for Hillary ....she was simply the worst candidate that ever ran. Without question. Everything else is hindsight.

:lol: well trump is proving that statement wrong. 

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Just now, Snoslinger said:

nonsense. trumpsters wanted change, and sanders, an established politician, wasn't anything close to that. not to mention, deemed a socialist by many. the repukes own trump, nobody else. 

Make up your fucking mind, would ya?

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