U.S. Officials Scrambled Behind the Scenes to Shield NATO Deal From Trump
By Helene Cooper and Julian E. Barnes -- The New York Times
WASHINGTON — Senior American national security officials, seeking to prevent President Trump from upending a formal policy agreement at last month’s NATO meeting, pushed the military alliance’s ambassadors to complete it before the forum even began.
The work to preserve the North Atlantic Treaty Organization agreement, which is usually subject to intense 11th-hour negotiations, came just weeks after Mr. Trump refused to sign off on a communiqué from the June meeting of the Group of 7 in Canada.
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FAKE NEWS!
The ONLY time NATO was used was after 9/11......Benefitting USA....
The ONLY benefit of European Allies for USA...…...Is Vacations...…….