“I’ll be discussing my disgust with NATO,” Trump said in an address to the nation. When asked if he was thinking about pulling out of NATO, he said, “Oh, absolutely without question. Wouldn’t you do that if you were me?” The comments come amid rising tensions over the Iran conflict and frustration within Washington over what it sees as inadequate support from European allies. While threats to NATO are not new in Trump’s political rhetoric, the timing and intensity of this statement have raised concerns about a potential rupture in one of the world’s most important military alliances. Markets have…
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