The White House on Tuesday night confirmed that President Trump will attend a gathering of NATO leaders in Brussels in May, a move that could help reassure U.S. allies about his administration's commitment to Europe's security.
Trump will participate in the meetings on May 25, press secretary Sean Spicer said in a statement, adding that the president "looks forward to meeting with his NATO counterparts to reaffirm our strong commitment to NATO, and to discuss issues critical to the alliance, especially allied responsibility-sharing and NATO's role in the fight against terrorism."
Spicer also said that Trump will welcome NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg to the White House on April 12 to "talk about how to strengthen the alliance to cope with challenges to national and international security."
The Belgian government had first announced last month that Trump would attend the summit, which usually takes place every two years for the heads of state and government.
During his campaign, Trump had called NATO "obsolete" and suggested that his administration might reevaluate U.S. support for the organization.
However, he has been more supportive since taking office. He declared his "strong support" for NATO during a news conference last week with German Chancellor Angela Merkel, but Trump went on to insist that member nations "owe vast sums" in dues and must pay more because the arrangement is "very unfair" to the United States. He appeared to be basing his criticism on an inaccurate understanding of how NATO funding works.
The administration raised eyebrows in Europe and in Washington on Monday amid reports that Secretary of State Rex Tillerson is planning to skip the NATO foreign ministers' meeting this month to attend a planned meeting between Trump and Chinese President Xi Jinping at Mar-a-Lago, the president's winter estate in Florida.
Tillerson is scheduled next month to make his first visit to Russia, where President Vladimir Putin has been eager to see the NATO alliance weakened.
Tillerson's trip to Moscow, right after he flies to Italy for a meeting of ministers from the Group of Seven countries, comes at a time when the Kremlin's alleged cyberattacks during the presidential campaign and meetings with several Trump campaign officials are being scrutinized by the FBI and Congress.
A State Department spokesman said Monday that U.S. officials have proposed new dates for the foreign ministers' NATO meeting in hopes that Tillerson can attend.
The Washington Post
Wed Mar 22 2017
During his campaign, Trump had called NATO "obsolete" and suggested that his administration might reevaluate U.S. support for the organization.
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