Trump says US to undertake serious review of its policy within NATO

WASHINGTON: The United States will carefully re-examine its policy within NATO, US President Donald Trump said. "We spend trillions of ...

WASHINGTON: The United States will carefully re-examine its policy within NATO, US President Donald Trump said.

"We spend trillions of dollars on NATO to help them guard really against Russia. When you think of it, we’re guarding against Russia. And, I’ve long thought it’s a little ridiculous. We spend trillions of dollars doing it, and I think that’s going to be under very serious examination," he told reporters at Joint Base Andrews.

"We pay trillions of dollars for NATO and they weren’t there for us," he said, referring to allies’ actions in the situation around Iran. Asked whether he plans to "punish" certain NATO allies whose decisions on Iran he particularly disagrees with, Trump did not give a direct answer. "We’ll see what happens," he noted. "I’m very disappointed in NATO. They weren’t there for us," Trump emphasized.

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