{"id":2372786,"date":"2024-11-24T10:21:02","date_gmt":"2024-11-24T15:21:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-meets-with-nato-chief-as-change-looms-washington-examiner\/"},"modified":"2024-11-24T10:23:27","modified_gmt":"2024-11-24T15:23:27","slug":"trump-meets-with-nato-chief-as-change-looms-washington-examiner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-meets-with-nato-chief-as-change-looms-washington-examiner\/","title":{"rendered":"Trump meets with NATO chief as change looms &#8211; Washington Examiner"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">22<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Ftrump-meets-with-nato-chief-as-change-looms-washington-examiner%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2372786&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>President-elect Donald\u2062 Trump recently\u200c met with \u200bNATO Secretary-General Mark Rutte at his Mar-a-Lago estate. The meeting took place \u200cas NATO experts expressed concerns about potential\u2062 changes within the \u2062organization \u200cfollowing Trump&#8217;s electoral victory. The\u200b focus\u200b of their \u200bdiscussions was on global security challenges facing\u200c NATO. <\/p>\n<p>The meeting\u200b also included Congressman Mike Waltz and members of \u2062Trump&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/white-house-refuses-to-denounce-antifa-despite-group-continuing-to-wreak-havoc-across-u-s\/\" title=\"White House refuses to denounce Antifa despite group continuing to wreak havoc across U.S.\">national security team<\/a>. Waltz reiterated Trump&#8217;s previous stance regarding NATO,\u2063 emphasizing that all\u200c member countries should contribute their \u200dfair share\u2063 to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/gop-senator-calls-trudeau-canada-a-military-free-rider-over-nato-commitment\/\" title=\"GOP Senator criticizes Canada&#039;s NATO commitment, labels Trudeau a military &#039;free-rider&#039;.\">defense\u2064 spending<\/a> in\u2062 relation to their economic capacity. Trump has historically criticized NATO \u2064for the failure\u2063 of many \u2063member nations to \u200cmeet the defense\u2062 spending goal of 2% of their GDP and has threatened to withdraw U.S. support\u200b from nations that do not comply.<\/p>\n<p>This meeting signals a potential shift in NATO dynamics, considering \u200bTrump&#8217;s past\u200c indications of possibly withdrawing from the alliance, which relies\u200b heavily\u200c on U.S. military support. \u2062The article \u2063implies a \u200bstrategic conversation aimed at reinforcing NATO amidst these concerns.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-header-search-button-mob dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search\" aria-labelledby=\"td-header-search-button\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search-inner\">\n<form method=\"get\" class=\"tdb-search-form\" action=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\"><\/form>\n<div class=\"tdb-aj-search\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/#\" role=\"button\" aria-label=\"Search\" class=\"tdb-head-search-btn dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<h1 class=\"tdb-title-text\">Trump meets with NATO chief as organization braces for change<\/h1>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-title-line\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div id=\"Brid_1890815\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p>President-elect <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/donald-trump\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"Donald Trump\">Donald Trump<\/a> met with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/nato\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"Donald Trump\">NATO<\/a> Secretary-General Mark Rutte at Mar-a-Lago as the organization fears a shakeup following his victory.<\/p>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p>The meeting, first revealed in a statement late on Saturday, took place on Friday. The statement said that the two &ldquo;discussed the range of <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\">global security issues facing<\/a> the Alliance.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/3220320\/greatest-comeback-trump-white-house-history\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\"><strong>GREATEST COMEBACK? HERE&rsquo;S HOW TRUMP STACKS UP IN WHITE HOUSE HISTORY<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">President Donald Trump speaks during a meeting with the Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte in the Oval Office of the White House, Thursday, July 18, 2019, in Washington. (AP Photo\/Alex Brandon, File)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>&ldquo;The Secretary General and his team also met with Congressman Mike Waltz and members of the President-elect&rsquo;s national security team,&rdquo; it added.<\/p>\n<p>In a post on X after the meeting, Rep. Mike Waltz (R-FL) echoed Trump&rsquo;s line on the organization following his 2016 campaign.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;A strong NATO that restores deterrence and peace requires all member nations to do their part commensurate with their economic strength!&rdquo; he said.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/3226193\/which-biden-executive-orders-first-to-go-trump\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\"><strong>HERE&rsquo;S WHICH BIDEN EXECUTIVE ORDERS WILL BE THE FIRST TO GO UNDER TRUMP<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">A strong NATO that restores deterrence and peace requires all member nations to do their part commensurate with their economic strength! <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/2pQ4ZuDqKv\">https:\/\/t.co\/2pQ4ZuDqKv<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Rep. Mike Waltz (@michaelgwaltz) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/michaelgwaltz\/status\/1860345504699199565?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">November 23, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script data-cfasync=\"false\" src=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/cdn-cgi\/scripts\/5c5dd728\/cloudflare-static\/email-decode.min.js\"><\/script><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script> <\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/presidential\/3220431\/how-elon-musk-helped-trump-back-to-white-house\/\"><strong>HOW ELON MUSK HELPED WILL TRUMP BACK TO THE WHITE HOUSE<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>NATO has been a frequent target of Trump&rsquo;s ire, largely because most of its members have failed to meet their 2% GDP defense <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/joe-biden-abolishes-90-percent-of-ices-deportations\/\" title=\"Joe Biden Abolishes 90 Percent of ICE&#039;s Deportations\">spending requirements<\/a>. He has threatened to leave the alliance on numerous occasions, which would effectively end it, as it largely relies on the U.S. military.<\/p>\n<p>Trump suggested on the campaign trail that he would withdraw security guarantees from any country that failed to meet its spending requirements.<\/p>\n<p>Another main area of contention is the war in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/Ukraine\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Ukraine<\/a>. Trump is eager to end the war with a negotiated settlement, while NATO has been adamant about sending Ukraine anything it needs to retake all lost territory.<\/p>\n<p>In July, former Trump national security officials and defense experts familiar with discussions <a href=\"https:\/\/www.politico.com\/news\/magazine\/2024\/07\/02\/nato-second-trump-term-00164517\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"told\">told<\/a> <em>Politico<\/em> that Trump aimed for a &ldquo;radical reorientation&rdquo; of NATO. Defense expert Dan Caldwell, who was reportedly knowledgeable about internal discussions, said that the reorientation was driven by necessity, given rising U.S. debt and an industrial base unable to take on Russia and China simultaneously.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\"><strong><\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;We don&rsquo;t really have a choice anymore,&rdquo; Caldwell said.<\/p>\n<p>Several of the officials speaking with the outlet said that Trump would keep the U.S.&rsquo;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/nuclear-weapons\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">nuclear umbrella<\/a> over Europe: air bases in Germany, England, and Turkey, as well as naval forces around Europe. However, most of its infantry, armor, logistics, and artillery would be withdrawn, with Europeans expected to fill the role.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p> <script>!function(){var g=window;g.googletag=g.googletag||{},g.googletag.cmd=g.googletag.cmd||[],g.googletag.cmd.push(function(){g.googletag.pubads().setTargeting(\"has-featured-video\",\"true\")})}();<\/script><script>var _bp=_bp||[];_bp.push({\"div\":\"Brid_1890815\",\"obj\":{\"id\":\"27789\",\"width\":\"1280\",\"height\":\"720\",\"stickyDirection\":\"below\",\"video\":\"1890815\"}});<\/script><script defer src=\"https:\/\/services.brid.tv\/player\/build\/brid.min.js\"><\/script><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Trump meets NATO chief as organization anticipates changes<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2653,"featured_media":2372787,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/Trump-NATO.webp","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[3817,4470,7624,3634,32076],"class_list":["post-2372786","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-diplomacy","tag-meeting","tag-nato","tag-trump","tag-washington-examiner"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/Trump-NATO.webp","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2372786","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2653"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2372786"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2372786\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2372790,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2372786\/revisions\/2372790"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2372787"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2372786"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2372786"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2372786"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}