Once invaded and forced to become part of the Soviet Union, tiny Estonia is now part of NATO; the U.S. ambassador to Estonia has quit - in protest of Trump’s trashing of NATO
1. Aggregate defense spending by NATO began to increase in 2014
2. Trump - thinking that most Americans don’t know any better - lies that NATO spending began to grow only because of him
2. Trump - thinking that most Americans don’t know any better - lies that NATO spending began to grow only because of him
Formed after WWII and the threat that Stalin (a hero of Putin) posed to western Europe, NATO has maintained North Atlantic security and helped provide the world’s highest standard of living for decades. Trump continues to trash it
Hours after 9/11, America’s NATO friends came to our defense, flying patrols along the Eastern seaboard, and caring for thousands of stranded travelers. Security is strengthened when allies work together; Trump does not seem to understand - or, perhaps, care
Worth noting that a key foreign policy goal of Russia’s Putin is to weaken the western alliance, to turn members against each other, drive a wedge between them. Trump, it can be objectively said, is a great gift for the once-and-forever KGB man in the Kremlin
