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Thursday, July 21, 2016

Donald Trump said he wouldn't automatically defend NATO members like the Baltic States from a Russian attack

In an interview, Donald Trump said he wouldn't automatically defend NATO members like the Baltic States from a Russian attack

Thursday, July 21, 2016 12:13 AM EDT


Donald J. Trump, on the eve of accepting the Republican nomination for president, on Wednesday called into question whether, as president, he would automatically extend the security guarantees that give the 28 members of NATO the assurance that the full force of the United States military has their back.
For example, asked about Russia’s threatening activities that have unnerved the small Baltic States that are the most recent entrants into NATO, Mr. Trump said that if Russia attacked them, he would decide whether to come to their aid only after reviewing whether those nations “have fulfilled their obligations to us.”
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