WH Condemns Trump “Encouraging” Attack On NATO

Bloomberg reports:

The White House pushed back against Donald Trump’s claim that he told NATO leaders while president that he would encourage Russia to invade members of the alliance who didn’t meet their defense commitments.

“Encouraging invasions of our closest allies by murderous regimes is appalling and unhinged – and it endangers American national security, global stability, and our economy at home,” White House spokesman Andrew Bates [photo] said in a statement.

“Thanks to President Biden’s experienced leadership, NATO is now the largest and most vital it has ever been.”

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This is crazy. And 8 years later, Trump shows that he STILL doesn’t understand how NATO works! It’s not a protection racket. They don’t pay us to protect them. Geez. https://t.co/Ic1rSran1g

— Michael McFaul (@McFaul) February 11, 2024

First, it’s not likely that any President of any European country said this. Because there’s no “paying” to anyone involved.

Second, Trump just doesn’t understand NATO or Russia, and he is endangering all of Europe with this incredibly dumb statement. https://t.co/2BramOFb0W

— MarkHertling (@MarkHertling) February 10, 2024

Trump is flat-out saying that he would give Putin the green light to attack our NATO allies. This not only is this a betrayal of our commitments, but will endanger American Troops.

Donald Trump is a traitor to the United States and our allies. https://t.co/sS5ihX2xFC

— VoteVets (@votevets) February 10, 2024