German Chancellor Angela Merkel said Sunday that Europe has to forge its own path forward, as the United States and Britain were no longer reliable partners, according to Deutsche Welle. “The times when we could fully rely on others have ...
Read More »Trump directly scolds NATO allies, says they owe ‘massive’ sums
In unexpectedly abrupt remarks as NATO leaders stood alongside him, Trump said certain member countries owed “massive amounts of money” to the United States and NATO — even though allied contributions are voluntary, with multiple budgets, according to Reuters. His ...
Read More »NATO denies chief said Trump ‘has a 12-second attention span’
Politico Magazine reported Friday that a former senior official claimed Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg criticized Trump’s attention bandwidth, according to Hill. “The president of the United States has a 12-second attention span,” Stoltenberg reportedly said, Politico reported. The senior official, ...
Read More »Trump’s stunning u-turns on NATO, China, Russia and Syria
NATO, Trump said, is “no longer obsolete.” He backed down a threat to brand China a currency manipulator. In another reversal, Trump praised Federal Reserve Chair Janet Yellen, whom he had previously pledged to replace when her term expires, and ...
Read More »Reuters: Tillerson plans to skip NATO meeting, visit Russia in April
Tillerson intends to miss what would have been his first meeting of the 28 NATO allies on April 5-6 in Brussels so that he can attend President Donald Trump’s expected April 6-7 talks with Chinese President Xi Jinping at Trump’s ...
Read More »‘That’s not how it works’: Trump’s grasp of Nato questioned
On the heels of a visibly awkward visit from the German chancellor, Angela Merkel, Donald Trump said on Saturday that Germany owed “vast sums of money” to Nato and the US, even though the alliance does not stipulate payments to ...
Read More »Trump wants to make sure U.S. nuclear arsenal at ‘top of the pack’
In a Reuters interview, Trump also said China could solve the national security challenge posed by North Korea “very easily if they want to,” ratcheting up pressure on Beijing to exert more influence to rein in Pyongyang’s increasingly bellicose actions. ...
Read More »Montenegro: Russia involved in attempted coup
Milivoje Katnic said Montenegro officials have evidence that Russia’s Federal Security Service was involved in the failed coup, according to his statements Sunday on Atlas TV. The allegation drew an immediate rebuke and denial from Russian officials, Joinfo.com reports with ...
Read More »Clinton campaign blasts Trump’s Ukraine comments
“While Trump hasn’t mastered basic facts about the world, he has mastered Putin’s talking points on Crimea (which, of course, the United States and most of the world still recognizes as part of Ukraine),” said Jake Sullivan in a statement, ...
Read More »NATO pledges more support for Ukraine and Georgia
“We believe in a Europe whole, free and at peace. NATO will provide more support to Ukraine and Georgia, and continue to assist the Republic of Moldova,” the final communique said, UNIAN reports. NATO also said the Alliance is committed ...
Read More »NATO to make decision on four battalions – Stoltenberg
“During our summit in Warsaw we will decide on further strengthening our military presence in the eastern part of the Alliance. We will send four rapid, multi-national battalions to Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, and Poland. I welcome Canada’s declaration that it ...
Read More »NATO Chief: Alliance to raise military presence on eastern flank
“There will be more NATO troops in Poland after the Warsaw summit, to send a clear signal that an attack on Poland will be considered an attack on the whole alliance,” Stoltenberg said on May 30 in Warsaw, RFE/RL reports. ...
Read More »Barack Obama: U.S. and NATO united in supporting Ukraine
In remarks to reporters following the bilateral meeting with Stoltenberg, Barack Obama said that the U.S. and NATO will continue to help and support Ukraine to prove ‘that Article 5 means something,’ Joinfo.ua reports with reference to the White House ...
Read More »Jean-Claude Juncker: Ukraine not joining EU, NATO for another 20-25 years
The push for closer ties between Ukraine and the EU lies at the heart of the current crisis in the former Soviet country, which was triggered by protests in 2013 over a failed attempt to finalize an EU-Ukraine free trade ...
Read More »NATO commander urges U.S. to increase military presence in Europe to counter Russia
The commander of U.S. troops in Europe warned on Tuesday that a two-decade American effort to cultivate Moscow as a partner has failed and Washington no longer has the military resources it needs in Europe to counter a “resurgent, aggressive” ...
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