Trump Implies That He Would Disregard NATO, Also Praises Dictator Erdogan

mrconservative · July 21, 2016, 11:45:55 AM

Siding with a authoritarian dictator, implying willingness to abandon our allies...

If I didnt already know these were comments from Trump, I would have assumed they were from Obama

QuoteCLEVELAND — Donald J. Trump, on the eve of accepting the Republican nomination for president, explicitly raised new questions on Wednesday about his commitment to automatically defending NATO allies if they are attacked, saying he would first look at their contributions to the alliance.

Asked about Russia's threatening activities, which have unnerved the small Baltic States that are among the more recent entrants into NATO, Mr. Trump said that if Russia attacked them, he would decide whether to come to their aid only after reviewing if those nations have "fulfilled their obligations to us."

"If they fulfill their obligations to us," he added, "the answer is yes."

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Mr. Trump's discussion of the crisis in Turkey was telling, because it unfolded at a moment in which he could plainly imagine himself in the White House, handling an uprising that could threaten a crucial ally in the Middle East. The United States has a major air base at Incirlik in Turkey, where it carries out attacks on the Islamic State and keeps a force of drones and about 50 nuclear weapons.

Mr. Trump had nothing but praise for President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, the country's increasingly authoritarian but democratically elected leader. "I give great credit to him for being able to turn that around," Mr. Trump said of the coup attempt on Friday night. "Some people say that it was staged, you know that," he said. "I don't think so."

www.nytimes.com/2016/07/21/us/politics/donald-trump-issues.html?smprod=nytcore-ipad&smid=nytcore-ipad-share

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Steve,SPHR · July 21, 2016, 02:10:51 PM

Quote from: mrconservative on July 21, 2016, 11:45:55 AM
Siding with a authoritarian dictator, implying willingness to abandon our allies...

If I didnt already know these were comments from Trump, I would have assumed they were from Obama

www.nytimes.com/2016/07/21/us/politics/donald-trump-issues.html?smprod=nytcore-ipad&smid=nytcore-ipad-share

Adjusted for fair usage.

walks

Trump has said a lot of wacked things but this is pretty lucid. Someone must have written it for him.

Turkey is a good ally that we must protect right now.

I am not aware of any Balkan states in NATO that have not acted as our allies but that was a good shot to let them know if they want US power they better support US policy.

I thought it was a pretty good statement actually.

supsalemgr · July 22, 2016, 04:29:07 AM

Quote from: Steve,SPHR on July 21, 2016, 02:10:51 PM

Trump has said a lot of wacked things but this is pretty lucid. Someone must have written it for him.

Turkey is a good ally that we must protect right now.

I am not aware of any Balkan states in NATO that have not acted as our allies but that was a good shot to let them know if they want US power they better support US policy.

I thought it was a pretty good statement actually.

Did you mean Baltic states?