Trump plays scolder-in-chief with NATO allies
To the Point
KCRW
4.4 • 583 Ratings
🗓️ 25 May 2017
⏱️ 51 minutes
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At the opening of NATO’s dramatic new headquarters in Brussels today, President Trump acknowledged that Article 5 — promising that “an attack on one nation is an attack on all” -- has only been invoked one time: in the aftermath of September 11. But the President failed to provide what 27 other Alliance members have been waiting for: a re-commitment by America’s new leader to Article 5. Instead, they got a scolding.
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| 0:00.0 | From KCRW in Santa Monica and PRI, Public Radio International, this is To the Point. |
| 0:07.9 | It's not what he said. It's what he didn't say. |
| 0:14.7 | I'm Warren Aldi, and this is To the Point. In deference to President Trump, |
| 0:19.3 | NATO leaders agreed not to focus on Russia during |
| 0:22.5 | this week's summit. At today's opening session, they hoped he'd endorse the alliances Article |
| 0:27.9 | 5. That's the principle that an attack on one member nation is an attack on all. Instead, he lectured |
| 0:34.3 | about defense spending and fairness to the United States, even though |
| 0:37.8 | the only time Netto's ever invoked Article 5 was after September 11th. |
| 0:42.9 | What are the consequences for Europe's trust in America as the leader of the free world since |
| 0:47.7 | World War II? |
| 0:49.6 | Later on today's talking point, the Harvard Business School, the MBA industrial complex, and income |
| 0:55.5 | inequality. |
| 0:56.5 | First, here's the news. |
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| 1:31.4 | Hello again, Warren. I'll be back with To The Point. The Harvard Business School graduates a new class of MBAs today. On our talking point later, a critical look at what golden passports have meant for American business and the world economy. First, this news update at the opening of NATO's dramatic new headquarters in Brussels today, President Trump acknowledged that Article 5, promising that an attack on one nation is an attack on all, has only been invoked one time in the aftermath of September 11th. |
| 1:59.0 | We remember and mourn those nearly 3,000 innocent people |
| 2:03.4 | who were brutally murdered by terrorists on September 11th, 2001. |
| 2:11.1 | Our NATO allies responded swiftly and decisively, |
| 2:14.9 | invoking for the first time in its history |
| 2:16.9 | the Article 5 collective defense |
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