Trump Suggests He'd Disregard NATO Treaty, Urge Russian Attacks On Allies

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

62% : Trump is currently leading the polls in South Carolina and has the backing of several key officials in the state, including Gov. Henry McMaster.
53% : A recent Washington Post-Monmouth University poll found Trump had 58 percent support among potential Republican primary voters, while Haley had 32 percent.
53% : "Haley continued to hammer Trump at her events throughout the state on Saturday.
51% : Get on a debate stage and say it to my face," Haley said.
48% : Daniel Fried, a former assistant secretary of state for European affairs and fellow at the Atlantic Council, said of Trump: "He seems to prefer a world based on pure power where other countries, where the [U.S.] intimidates or threatens other countries.
41% : "One of the presidents of a big country stood up and said, 'Well, sir, if we don't pay and we're attacked by Russia, will you protect us?,'" Trump said during a rally at Coastal Carolina University.
39% : "NATO isn't a pay to play set up, as Trump seems to think.
33% : Trump has previously suggested that he threatened not to protect NATO allies from a Russian attack.
29% : Oh he's away" Trump said.
28% : "In May 2017, Trump initially did not affirm the United States' commitment to Article 5, but then reversed course two weeks later.
28% : "The New York Times reported in 2019 that Trump discussed withdrawing from NATO.
28% : Trump has also often suggested that Russian President Vladimir Putin would not have invaded Ukraine, had he remained in office.
27% : Trump has long been a fierce critic of U.S. participation in the alliance, frequently hammering European countries on their share of defense spending, and appeared to be referring to indirect funding as part of participation in the alliance.
26% : While he was in office, Trump repeatedly tried to claim credit for making NATO countries pay more, claiming that "hundreds of billions" of dollars came to NATO as a result of his complaints about other countries as "delinquent" members.
20% : Her staff passed out mock mental competency tests to reporters, challenging both Trump and Biden to take one, and attendees sported stickers featuring a drawing of a chicken with Trump-like features reading "Trump is too chicken to debate."
18% : Trump broadly has expressed skepticism about NATO.
8% : "Haley responded to Trump's attack on her husband at an evening rally in Gilbert, S.C., defending his service and again challenging Trump to debate.

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