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22 Republicans voted against legislation aimed to keep the US in #NATO. The bill goes to Senate where Mitch McConnel will most likely block it. Putin's goals: 1. lifting sanctions (in progress); 2. dissolve NATO; 3. weaken the US, UK, EU; 3. normalize war in Syria and Ukraine.
Trump's first anti-NATO step: in Sept 1987, 2 months after his first visit to the USSR (paid by the Intourist, a state agency reporting to the KGB), Trump bought full-page anti-NATO ads in NYT, WaPo & Boston Globe at a total cost of $94,801. medium.com/@ZarinaZabrisk… 
On Jan 17, Trump canceled Pelosi's trip to Brussels & Afganistan calling it "an excursion." Pelosi was to meet with the top NATO commanders & reaffirm the US 'ironclad commitment' to the NATO."Trump's motivation: not wanting to use a military jet during the government shutdown.
Hours after that Melania Trump flew to Florida on an Air Force jet. Previously this week, Trump expressed an intent to pull the US out of NATO.
The Kremlin trolls work on promoting anti-NATO sentiments. Last week, Facebook removed 364 pages originating in Russia but posing as located elsewhere and focusing on the NATO smear campaign.
