Sitting on the grounds of the new NATO headquarters this week, I felt like I was watching a split-screen TV. Here were NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg and numerous other leaders projecting confidence in NATO’s mission, discussing the importance of unity and cohesion, and underscoring the democratic values to which the alliance is deeply committed. And there was President Trump, lobbing a series of threats against our allies and the alliance itself, including that he would “do his own thing” separate from NATO if allies did not meet defense spending targets.
Washington Post: Trump says there’s a crisis at NATO. He’s right. And the crisis is him
US President Donald Trump arrives for a press conference on the second day of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) summit in Brussels on July 12, 2018.
