If you want to understand why President Trump is ambivalent about NATO, consider how its biggest European member has been behaving lately.
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President Trump is said to doubt the value of continued participation in NATO, even though his national security strategy has returned Russia to its past status as a top security concern of U.S. military planners. But much of the reporting about Trump’s views fails to explain why he is so ambivalent about the alliance.
Germany is the linchpin of NATO, a country that because of its history, location and economic strength is central to the integrity of the Atlantic alliance. But the president has good reason to wonder whether Berlin cares as much about collective security as Washington does. Here are five examples of why the White House is right to wonder.
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