Trump Dismisses NATO Attack Fears After CIA Chief’s Moscow Trip
US President Donald Trump told reporters that he does not believe Moscow will attack a NATO nation amid rising concerns that Russian President Vladimir Putin will strike a Baltic country or other member state to test the Western alliance’s resolve. Trump on August 27 told reporters in the Oval Office that he had engaged in "good talks" with Putin and that "he's not going to be attacking a NATO territory." He did not specify when those talks were held.
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Key Facts
- Fact 1: Trump on August 27 told reporters in the Oval Office that he had engaged in "good talks" with Putin and that "he's not going to be attacking a NATO territory." He did not specify when those talks were held.
- Fact 2: NATO Article 5 Assurances Western European security has long been tied to NATO's mutual defense clause, Article 5, which states that an attack on one member nation constitutes an attack on all.
- Fact 3: Dated July 30, the letter was one of a series of alarm bells sounded about Russian aggression over the course of the summer that culminated in CIA Director John Ratcliffe's surprise visit to Moscow on August 25.
- Fact 4: Ratcliffe flew to Moscow to urge the Kremlin against escalating with US allies -- particularly Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania -- sources briefed about the visit confirmed to RFE/RL on August 26.
US President Donald Trump told reporters that he does not believe Moscow will attack a NATO nation amid rising concerns that Russian President Vladimir Putin will strike a Baltic country or other member state to test the Western alliance’s resolve. Trump on August 27 told reporters in the Oval Office that he had engaged in "good talks" with Putin and that "he's not going to be attacking a NATO territory." He did not specify when those talks were held.
"I am not concerned...at all. There is no problem," Trump was quoted earlier as saying by news publication Axios when asked about a possible Russian provocation against a NATO state. The remarks come as the Kremlin, at the same time, dismissed as "scare stories" reports in the US media suggesting Moscow could attack NATO and following a surprise visit by the CIA director to Moscow.
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