It was shaping up for a repeat of NATO's disastrous summit of July 2018, when U.S. President Donald Trump unleashed a tirade against European allies and threatened to pull America out of the transatlantic military alliance forged after World War Two. French President Emmanuel Macron had stunned
WATFORD, England - It was shaping up for a repeat of NATO's disastrous summit of July 2018, when U.S. President Donald Trump unleashed a tirade against European allies and threatened to pull America out of the transatlantic military alliance forged after World War Two.
Diplomats said the"brain-death" debate was key to avoiding a bust-up, possibly spurring Trump to take a more positive view of the alliance than he has in the past. Macron himself told reporters the outcome of the summit had"demonstrated the usefuleness of our comments", and likened himself to an ice-breaking ship cutting through frozen seas.Diplomats put the meeting's relative success down to the behavior of Trump, who throughout the 2018 summit had questioned the value of NATO in tweets and berated allies for not spending enough on defense.
"I can only say that we had a good discussion on substance," Merkel told reporters."We had room for other, more strategic questions. I had the impression that mutual understanding of the different geographical situations is growing." Trump faces impeachment troubles at home and must gird for what is expected to be a tough battle for re-election next year.
But Turkey's October operation into Syria, against allies' wishes, and Trump's zig-zagging position on NATO have led diplomats to question the alliance's broader strategy.
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