Readout of phone call between the NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg ‎and US President Donald J. Trump

How will transatlantic security relations develop with Donald Trump as President in the United States? Trump has been critical of NATO and the contributions made to defence spending by European members of NATO.

President Trump had committed to attending a NATO Summit in Brussels in May 2017.

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ESO: Background information: US President Donald Trump [What Think Tanks are thinking] http://www.europeansources.info/record/us-president-donald-trump-what-think-tanks-are-thinking-2/

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ESO: Background information: Will the populist wave wash away NATO and the European Union? http://www.europeansources.info/record/will-the-populist-wave-wash-away-nato-and-the-european-union/

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