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- President Trump added to his criticisms of NATO just days after a summit with the alliance’s leaders.
- Trump expressed skepticism about Montenegro and called its people “very aggressive.”
- Montenegro is a southern European country far from Russia with a military of only 3,400 troops. Russia strongly objected to it joining NATO and reportedly tried to foment a coup to stop it.
- Many have been critical of NATO’s expansion, including the addition of Montenegro, but experts say Trump’s remarks damage the alliance as a whole.
Days after contentious meetings with NATO leaders, and only hours after meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin, President Donald Trump leveled more attacks on the alliance, singling out its newest member for criticism that adds to concerns the US leader is not committed to the collective-defense guarantees of the world’s foremost alliance.
During a Fox News interview on Tuesday, host Tucker Carlson asked the president why US troops should be used to defend Montenegro, which joined NATO in 2017.See the rest of the story at Business Insider
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