Donald Trump has threatened to not defend some NATO countries if Russia attacks them. But the US also benefits from the power that NATO gives it, as well as the stability it helped create in Europe.
NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg's statement during a Brussels press conference comes days after Donald Trump, the Republican Party's hopeful for the next U.S. president, raised concerns by anti-NATO comments.
There is no direct threat of an attack on any NATO member from Russia, but the alliance takes any “hybrid threats very seriously,” NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg said at a press conference before a meeting of NATO Defense Ministers in Brussels on Feb. 14.