Former U.S. President Donald Trump’s comments about NATO in early February provoked an unusually quick rebuke from leaders around the world. Speaking at a campaign rally in South Carolina, Trump said that, as president, he would encourage Russia to “do whatever the hell they want” to any member of the alliance that did not spend two percent of GDP on defense, a goal all NATO members agreed to in 2014. Charles Michel, president of the European Council, called the remark “reckless.” NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg said it “undermines all of our security.” U.S. President…
