(Factchecking!) 'That's not how it works': Trump's grasp of Nato questioned

[sharedvalues]

A brilliant headline from the Guardian.
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2017/mar/18/trump-merkel-nato-germany-owe-money-tweet

All US media should use this format for reporting on Trump's distracting tweets.

State the real issue first
Note the distracting tactics
Come back to the real issue.


Here the real issue is that Trump doesn't understand NATO. Thank you, Guardian!!

[Eugene]

1. Unfortunately, this wasn't just a diversion.

This was an attempted shakedown by people who absolutely do not get it.
They are trying to run the state like a protection racket and any foreign
partners need to be really nice to the Trump Family.

[sharedvalues]

2. A lie intended to frame foreign allies as weak

A big fat lie serving his ends as well as serving as diversion . That the guardian called him on. The US media should learn from this.

[SunSeeker]

3. Exactly. The headline should have been "Trump Doesn't Understand NATO."

NOT "Trump Says Germany Owes 'Vast Sums' to NATO."

[sharedvalues]

4. Yes! And that's what the Guardian did. I wish America had a better press corps.