Baltic defense chiefs talk up defense spending, talk down Trump threat as NATO summit kicks off

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

63% : Yet defense ministers from Estonia, Lithuania and Latvia each expressed confidence that if Trump is reelected, NATO will remain secure.
52% : While Biden has long been viewed as a NATO booster, dating to his many decades in the Senate, Trump took a more transactional approach to relations with allies that upended old diplomatic norms.
45% : "Trump was right on raising the voice [on] 2%," he said.
42% : "Kasciunas said Trump is businessman and a dealmaker by nature.
27% : Trump, who spent much of his tenure questioning the worth of NATO and has expressed unwillingness to help defend some allies should they come under attack, also has spoken of reducing the number of U.S. forces in Europe.
19% : "Spruds credited Trump for making an issue of insufficient European defense spending.

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