Trump sends Putin seven-word NATO warning in big blow for Kremlin | World | News

Donald Trump seems to have broken the hopes of Vladimir Putin’s hopes to reveal a large NATO crack as the leaders gather for a summit in The Hague. The Russian President has long tried to weaken the NATO unity in the offer of weakening the military alliance.

He constantly sees the organization as an existential threat to Russia and criticized the expansion of Ukraine to the east by using the desire to join NATO as a reason for the brutal war. NATO’s commitment to the collective defense of the member states in Article 5 at the center of NATO’s security agreement.

Collective defense means that an attack against an ally is considered an attack against everyone.

One of the main objectives of the Kremlin was to weaken this commitment using the tensions between European members and the Trump administration.

After suggesting that the US President had reviewed his attitude on Article 5, Putin seemed to have won a great victory.

When asked if the US will fulfill collective defense obligations, Trump said to journalists in Air Force One: “It depends on your definition. Article 5 has many definitions.

“You know that, don’t you? But I’m determined to be their friends.”

He said that he would “encourage Russia to attack any NATO member who did not pay the fair share of security costs.

Rutte acknowledged that in the description of the opening summit, things should change: “For a long time, an ally, the United States, the burden has moved too much. Today has changed.”

The President of the United States said that he was a great victory for everyone.