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NATO: from obsolete to no longer obsolete

Changed position

THEN

“I said a long time ago that NATO had problems. Number one it was obsolete, because it was designed many, many years ago.”

· Wikipedia · Source

NOW

“I said it was obsolete. It's no longer obsolete.”

· White House Archive · Source

In January 2017 Trump called NATO obsolete. Twelve weeks later, standing beside NATO's Secretary General, he said it was no longer obsolete, citing the alliance's counterterrorism focus. The record shows an explicit, acknowledged change of position.

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