Day 1,038: Book: Trump complains U.S. ‘getting raped’ by NATO

There’s likely nothing Russia enjoys more than the U.S. making waves with its biggest allies. And yet, that’s exactly what Donald Trump has been doing and appears set to continue doing.

According to a book written by an anonymous White House official, Trump has vilely complained that the U.S. is “getting raped” by NATO.

According to Anonymous, Trump “has repeatedly astounded advisors” by suggesting he wishes to withdraw from NATO, which is underpinned by American money and military might.

“This would be a huge gift to the Russians, who have long opposed the twenty-nine nation group,” Anonymous wrote.

Trump has been accused of aligning foreign policy with that of Russia — whether consciously or otherwise — but withdrawing the U.S. from NATO would hand the Kremlin a priceless, and previously unthinkable, foreign policy victory.

The president’s main problem with NATO is financial, though it also plays into his anti-multilateral and isolationist instincts.

“The president tells us we are ‘getting raped’ because other countries are spending far less to be a part of it, adding that the organization is ‘obsolete,’” Anonymous explained.

Trump’s words are obviously vulgar, unpresidential and factually incorrect, to say the least. But they’re also far from unexpected.

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