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  Trump's remarks on NATO set off freakout
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AuthorNahal Toosi
News DateThursday, July 21, 2016 01:00:00 PM UTC0:0
DescriptionThe Republican nominee suggests the U.S. should only defend NATO allies if they've paid their bills.

Donald Trump's suggestion that the U.S. shouldn't automatically come to the defense of its NATO allies if they are attacked is already alarming longstanding American allies — and is likely to please U.S. rival Russia.

That approach flies in the face of one of NATO's bedrock principles, Article 5, which lays out that an attack on one member amounts to an attack on all members, and that fellow NATO states must help the one that was struck. Such a provision is especially important to smaller members of NATO, such as the Baltic States, who in recent years have begun to fear Russia's military aims.
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