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NATO Secretary-General Suggests Trump Supports Article 5 Despite Lingering Questions – By Erin McPike / May 24 2017
BRUSSELS — When President Donald Trump arrives here today for a series of key meetings, including a dinner with other heads of state at the new NATO headquarters Thursday night, a couple of key questions will hang over his visit.
Will he back NATO’s key clause, Article 5? It undergirds the alliance, called the North Atlantic Treaty Organization, because it establishes the collective defense of each of its 28 member countries. Although Trump has pledged his commitment to the organization, he has not expressed support for Article 5.
In a press conference here Wednesday morning, Independent Journal Review asked NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg if he expects the president to give public backing to the clause, but he accepts the president’s related statements as tacit support.
“President Trump has clearly stated his strong support to NATO. The core task of NATO is collective defense. By expressing strong support to NATO, to our security guarantees, the United States, President Trump, his security team, has also of course expressed strong support of Article 5, because Article 5, collective defense, is NATO’s core task,” Stoltenberg said.
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