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Opinion: The Problem With Trump's Wrecking Ball Approach To NATO

The U.S. president publicly humiliated our most important allies and then said everything was great. We need positive, unifying leadership, writes a former U.S. Army Europe commander.
German Chancellor Angela Merkel (front left), Belgian Prime Minister Charles Michel, NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg, President Trump and British Prime Minister Theresa May attend the opening ceremony at the NATO summit Tuesday in Brussels.

Retired Lt. Gen. Ben Hodges was commanding general of NATO's Allied Land Command from August 2012 to November 2014 and then commanding general of the U.S. Army Europe from November 2014 until December 2017. He now works for the Center for European Policy Analysis (CEPA) as their Pershing chair in strategic studies and as a partner in Berlin Global Advisors. He is based in Europe and continues to focus on America's alliances and on educating citizens and policymakers on both sides

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