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Trump's NATO doubts are a 'gift' for the Kremlin
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Trump's NATO doubts are a 'gift' for the Kremlin

by Martin Fornusek

Failing to strong-arm NATO member states into joining his country's war against Iran, U.S. President Donald Trump has once again questioned the need for the alliance's existence. "We would have always been there for them, but now, based on their actions, I guess we don't have to be, do we?" Trump said at an investment forum in Miami last week. His chief diplomat, Marco Rubio, doubled down on March 30, saying Washington "will have to reexamine" its relationship with NATO countries after the war

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