{"id":14531,"date":"2018-07-06T14:54:05","date_gmt":"2018-07-06T18:54:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lexingtoninstitute.org\/?p=14531"},"modified":"2018-07-06T14:54:05","modified_gmt":"2018-07-06T18:54:05","slug":"germanys-choice-tornado-replacement-undermine-nato-defense-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.lexingtoninstitute.org\/germanys-choice-tornado-replacement-undermine-nato-defense-news\/","title":{"rendered":"Germany\u2019s Choice For A Tornado Replacement Could Undermine NATO (From Defense News)"},"content":{"rendered":"
It is clear to any reasonable observer that the state of the NATO alliance is not good. Even as a candidate, Donald Trump made it clear that he desired to see the other alliance members contribute more to the common defense. As President, Mr. Trump shifted from a request to a demand that NATO countries meet their self-imposed target of spending 2 percent of their individual gross domestic product on defense. He recently returned to this theme, possibly previewing his message to the NATO summit scheduled for later in July. I have written more on this topic for Defense News here<\/strong><\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" It is clear to any reasonable observer that the state of the NATO alliance is not good. Even as a candidate, Donald Trump made it clear that he desired to see the other alliance members contribute more to the common defense. As President, Mr. Trump shifted from a request to a demand that NATO countries […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"\n