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Trump plays scolder-in-chief with NATO allies
At the opening of NATO’s dramatic new headquarters in Brussels today, President Trump acknowledged that Article 5 — promising that “an attack on one nation is an attack on all” -- has only been invoked one time: in the aftermath of September 11. But the President failed to provide what 27 other Alliance members have been waiting for: a re-commitment by America’s new leader to Article 5. Instead, they got a scolding.
By Warren Olney • • 51m ListenPhoto: President Donald Trump speaks beside NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg at the start of the NATO summit, May 25, 2017.
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