Trump Rips NATO & Teachers Union Exposed | 7.8.26
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President Trump heads overseas and immediately shakes things up with NATO.
I was very disappointed with NATO. And frankly, if it weren't held in Turkey, it's possible that I wouldn't have attended.
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Thanks for waking up with Morning Wire. Stay tuned. We have the news you need to know. NATO is back in the headlines with the president's trip to Ankara, Turkey to meet with world leaders. And the question the world is asking is what happened to the once unshakable alliance?
Joining us to discuss is Benin Ben Taliblu, senior director of the Foundation for the Defense of Democracy's Iran program. Thanks so much for coming on. Great to be with you, bro. Thank you. So first, Trump really making his presence felt immediately yesterday. What did we hear from him and how have our allies responded?
Surely he made his presence felt, but also Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan went quite out of his way to make Trump feel welcome, stylistically and substantively. Certainly, the Turks wanted something from the U.S. The big question that was dangled here was over sanctions relief or the prospect of waiving sanctions, sanctions which, by the way, are congressionally mandated. pursuant to older legislation which the Trump administration actually enforced in term one previously as it related to the S-400 purchase, the strategic air defense system that the Turks had purchased. And so I think any NATO member
How did President Trump's trip to NATO in Turkey immediately shake up the alliance?
is a bit shaky today, despite the plussing up of some of their defense commitments because of the prospects of waiving sanctions on Turkey, despite the lingering presence of this Russian air defense system.
This all is in the context of this growing tension between the U.S. and NATO, Trump making real threats to pull out. What did we hear on that front, and what do you foresee actually happening with this situation?
Well, the kind of persistent threats about the future of NATO, there's a little bit more meat on the bone here than just the kind of panic in Washington whenever the Trump administration, like previous administrations, by the way, chastises the Europeans for not meeting their defense commitments. Those defense commitments have been things that the European politicians have promised NATO. to meet in terms of defense spending, in terms of evolving military applications and capabilities of this alliance. But ultimately, this entire meeting is happening against the backdrop of at least a six-month policy review about the future of the U.S. force posture in Europe under NATO auspices. The President is trying to at least make good on some of his threats when it comes to the future of U.S.
forces in Europe and the strategic direction of the Transatlantic Alliance, which certainly implicates NATO.
Now, in regard to the U.S. force posture, the placement of our forces in Europe as part of NATO, I know it's impossible to predict, but where do you see that going? Do you see the signs that we'll actually pull out troops and munitions out of Europe?
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