So is Macron a Russian spy? lol.
1) He's wanting a "reset" with Russia to improve relations between Russia and NATO/EU,
2) He's critical of NATO, calling it "brain dead", questioning the lack of focus on ISIS, etc.
3) He's sowing dissension among the members by calling out Turkey
Seriously, this is a great example of why we have got to get past the media narratives. Narratives on Trump and everyone else for that matter. There's simply no "there" there in all of these things.
You can agree or disagree with Trump, that's OK, but we have to get past this modern notion that people with different policies and conclusions are somehow evil or traitors or racist sexist homophobes. They are just other Americans who happen to disagree. You don't have to agree with them, but don't dismiss opposing viewpoints with an ad hominem attack.
Trump is not only right to call out NATO's lack of commitment, but he's also not alone in calling out NATO as a NATO nation's leader.
Heck, Charles de Gaulle urinated on the entire NATO military structure, by far the most divisive move of any NATO nation during its history, and that a) didn't end the alliance, and b) didn't mean he was a traitor to France.
So I think NATO can survive Trump calling them out for what in fact is a completely correct assessment of them not meeting their contractual obligations.
Macron certainly thinks so, so unless he's also a Putin agent maybe, just maybe, it's policy, not conspiracy.
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