Trump: “NATO Is Obsolete” Putin: “Good Boy.”
Yep, you could see this one coming. Trump is already laying the foundation for doing Putin’s bidding, starting with the #1 fantasy for the Kremlin: the West unilaterally laying down its arms and surrendering to a reconstituted Soviet Union.
Donald Trump’s accusation that NATO is “obsolete” has led to “astonishment and agitation” within the alliance, Germany’s foreign minister has said.
NATO spokesperson Oana Lungescu pushed back against the comments. “A strong NATO is good for the United States, just as it is for Europe.”
But Dmitry Peskov, the press spokesman for Russian President Vladimir Putin, agreed with Trump’s assessment of NATO, saying on Monday that “the systematic goal of this organization is confrontation.”
Will his supporters and the GOP wake up? Because he’s been saying this for a while.
In July: Trump may abandon automatic protection for NATO countries
and NATO Shmato
In November: Secretary General implores Trump not to abandon NATO
As long as Trump promises to hate on blacks, gays, latinos, uppity women and cut taxes for billionaires? Yeah, they’ll go along with this.