Article 5 reaffirmation appeared in Trump’s NATO speech before being edited out: report – MarketWatch

This to me is the most worrisome [signal] that I have seen from this administration. Richard Haass, Council on Foreign Relations

Thats Richard Haass, president of the Council on Foreign Relations, reacting early Monday on MSNBC to a Politico report that a reaffirmation of Article 5 of the North Atlantic Treaty Organizations founding document the collective-defense commitment appeared in an earlier draft of the remarks President Trump was to make late last month at the alliances new headquarters in Brussels but then was left out when Trump actually spoke.

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To Haass, widely believed to have been considered by Trump as a prospective secretary of state before that post went to Rex Tillerson, that suggested a danger that the so-called Steve Bannon wing had drowned out more moderating influences and reawakened a perception that the last adviser in the room with Trump is likely to have outsized influence on an ultimate decision. Haass, on Twitter, called it a recipe for disaster.

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