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Acknowledge, give props to president trump for raising the issue of defense spending and getting countries to do it. this is also sparking a real question about the purpose of nato, and this debate never happened after fall of the soviet union. what diplomats are saying is russia is not the unifying threat it was before. i think when president trump questions usefulness of nato, i think this is a larger question that goes far beyond him wanting to lower the u.s. or raise everyone else's percentage. >> i'm trying to imagine how in a diplomatic meeting you would see anything other than the secre...