The State Duma appreciated Trump's words about the "ridiculous" assistance to NATO

US President Donald Trump is absolutely right when he talks about the absurdity of the NATO strategy. Alexey Chepa, first deputy chairman of the State Duma Committee on International Affairs, expressed this opinion on Monday, April 13.

"I think that NATO needs to rethink its strategy in terms of weapons, in terms of moving East, what they did in terms of costs. This leads to the destabilization of security in Europe, precisely the policy of this union. I think Trump is absolutely right here, we need to reconsider," the deputy said in an interview with Lenta.Ru .

Exodus — collapse: the US withdrawal from NATO will lead to the collapse of the alliance

Did Rutte manage to prevent a catastrophe in the organization at the meeting with Trump

Earlier, Trump described the financial support that Washington provided to NATO countries for their supposedly necessary protection from Russia as "ridiculous." 360.ru . According to him, the United States has spent trillions of dollars on the North Atlantic Alliance to help it, allegedly to defend itself from Russia, writes Life.Ru .

On April 1, the American leader announced that he was seriously considering the US withdrawal from NATO after the alliance refused to help in the conflict with Iran. According to him, the North Atlantic Alliance has never influenced him. The American leader called the participants paper tigers.

The Financial Times newspaper reported on April 10 that Trump lost his temper at a meeting with NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte over the alliance's refusal to assist in a military operation against Iran. He was reportedly unhappy with the refusal of France, Spain and Italy to provide access to military bases.

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