Former GOP officials criticize Trump's NATO approach
Source: The Hill
BY MAX GREENWOOD - 05/28/17 07:00 AM EDT
Republicans who served in previous administrations were taken aback by President Trump's approach to NATO, with a former National Intelligence director and a former GOP senator on Sunday expressing "disappointment" and warning the president "overplayed his hand" in meetings over the weekend.
John Negroponte, who served as the first Director of National Intelligence under President George W. Bush, criticized President Trump's meeting with NATO leaders, calling it a "disappointment."
"He didn't come out with an absolutely categorical commitment to the security of the NATO countries – an attack on one is an attack on all under Article 5 of the NATO charter," Negroponte told radio host John Catsimatidis. "So I think that was a disappointment. It was to me. I'm sure it was to the Europeans."
Trump berated NATO leaders on Thursday, telling them that their countries would have to amp up defense spending to meet their obligations under NATO. The organization agreed in 2014 that each country should aim to spend two percent of its GDP on defense by 2024.
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