Trump working to remove NATO official
Who does he think he is, the president? No, he’s the president-elect.
Click here for reuse options!Donald Trump, who throughout his campaign indicated that the U.S. could abandon its NATO commitments if he became President, is working to remove one of the highest ranking officials at the 67-year-old intergovernmental military alliance, The Washington Post reported Tuesday.
Officials inside the incoming Trump administration are looking into ways they can dump NATO Deputy Secretary General Rose Gottemoeller from the agency, the paper reported. Gottemoeller is an American diplomat who was nominated for the role by President Obama and isn’t well-liked by many Republicans, according to The Post.
According to the newspaper, a Trump transition official met last month with NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg in Brussels and asked him to replace Gottemoeller…
Potential meddling by the Trump administration in NATO, which was formed in part to combat the spread of Soviet-inspired communism by Russia, could also have ramifications on the Trump administration’s relationship with Russian President Vladimir Putin.
Trump is widely seen as welcoming a cozy relationship with Russia.
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Buford2k11 December 14th, 2016 at 13:28
Once America realizes that Trump and the GOP sold us to the russians, maybe things will change, but until then, there is really nothing we can do except resist in anyway we can…
Mike December 15th, 2016 at 09:37
Ah my friend, you have a lot more confidence in your fellow man than I do…
You’re asking me to believe that the people who voted for a draft-dodging, openly racist, intellectual minor leaguer but major league idiot, science denying, pathological liar, will somehow come to their senses….
I said the same about Reagan right up til the end of the 2nd term.
oldfart December 14th, 2016 at 13:37
Extortion for protection has become legal now ?!?
And if Russia invades any country who isn’t paid up,
What then… Putin makes a cash deposit in a foreign bank for tRump
Along with a little thank you note maybe ?
amersham1046 December 14th, 2016 at 14:15
Isn’t well-liked by many Republicans, well tough, if she does her job well what else matters
Ned Nutley December 14th, 2016 at 15:38
Is that a man or a woman?
Hirightnow December 14th, 2016 at 16:04
It’s smarter than you, regardless.