“NATO RIP”: Journalists Horrified By Trump Waffling On Security Guarantees

[misterhighwasted]

https://mediamatters.org/blog/2016/07/20/nato-rip-journalists-horrified-trump-waffling-security-guarantees/211772

“NATO RIP”: Journalists Horrified By Trump Waffling On Security Guarantees
Blog ››› July 20, 2016 11:20 PM EDT ››› ZACHARY PLEAT

Media figures across the political spectrum reacted with dismay and disbelief after The New York Times reported that Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump “called into question whether, as president, he would automatically extend the security guarantees” to members of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) if they were attacked by Russia.

SNIP
"He even called into question whether, as president, he would automatically extend the security guarantees that give the 28 members of NATO the assurance that the full force of the United States military has their back.

For example, asked about Russia’s threatening activities that have unnerved the small Baltic States that are the most recent entrants into NATO, Mr. Trump said that if Russia attacked them, he would decide whether to come to their aid only after reviewing whether those nations “have fulfilled their obligations to us.”

Several journalists have documented the close ties and apparent affinity between Trump and Russian president Vladimir Putin.

On Twitter, liberal, nonideological, and conservative media figures alike reacted with horror and disbelief at Trump’s comments:
-------------

Journalists comments at link.
This is unbelievable..frightening.

[Southerncomfy]

1. That'll be on repeat next week u can bet that

[misterhighwasted]

2. Here's a TWEET with the truth :

Christopher Orr ✔@OrrChris
Becoming clear that Trump's real frustration is that he couldn't put Putin on the ticket with him.
#RNCinCLE https://twitter.com/Neil_Irwin/status/755956574141624320 …
9:52 PM - 20 Jul 2016

[Warpy]

3. NOW they're horrified?

they've been giving that misogynistic, racist assbag 24/7 coverage for months, building him up with all that free airtime and NOW they're horrified at what's coming out of his ignorant mouth?

Excuse me if I react with a frenzy of apathy to their horror.

We all know they're not going to pull the plug on all his free advertising airtime, either.

[misterhighwasted]

4. Exactly. + a million. They created this disaster.

24/7 Trump.

[SunSeeker]

5. K & R

[Marcuse]

6. Fox military expert Col. Ralph Peters

just said that Hilliary understands the rules of NATO and "would never say anything so stupid" as Trump just did. Ditto for Trump's praise of Turkey's anti secular crackdown. The Fox News handler was horrified and cut him off.

[awoke_in_2003]

7. We should have never...

brought the Baltic states onboard. Those are, historically, in the Russian sphere of influence. We are only asking for trouble by courting them.

[PachobelsCannon]

8. NATO is a dinosaur that is leading the world to war.

I don't like Trump but I think most progressives would definitely agree that NATO needs to be put out to pasture.

[Jackieduda]

9. Scared, but

Sure, this kind of stuff scares me too, all of it does. But lest we forget that presidents rarely keep promises, any promises, and despite that they are a pack of spoiled fighting babies, Congress will keep most of this rhetoric in check.