Susan B. Glasser writes about the backlash prompted by former President Donald Trump’s comments that, if reëlected, he would be disinclined to defend NATO allies against Russian aggression.
Legal cliffhangers aside, Trump has demonstrated his remarkable continued ability to hijack the national conversation, warping and distorting not only America’s politics but also its foreign policy to suit his toxic personal mixture of dictator worship, blustery nationalism, and deep-seated skepticism about U.S. engagement in the world. Over the weekend, he delivered an anti-
weighed in; so did the chairman of the Joint Chiefs, who warned solemnly that “U.S. credibility is at stake.” Leaders from Poland and the Baltic states were officially alarmed; veterans of Trump’s White House, including his former national-security adviser John Bolton and former Defense Secretary Mark Esper, cautioned, as they have many times before, that
leader about the consequences of not meeting the alliance’s commitment to spend two per cent of annual G.D.P. on defense. “Look, if they’re not going to pay, we’re not going to protect. O.K.?” he said. As a matter of politics, none of it makes much sense.
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