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kpete

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Mon May 15, 2017, 12:12 PM May 2017

NATO Tries to Trump-Proof Presidents First Visit (tells heads of state to limit talks to 2-4 min.)

NATO Tries to Trump-Proof President’s First Visit

Foreign Policy: “NATO is scrambling to tailor its upcoming meeting to avoid taxing President Donald Trump’s notoriously short attention span. The alliance is telling heads of state to limit talks to 2 to 4 minutes at a time during the discussion, several sources inside NATO and former senior U.S. officials tell FP. And the alliance scrapped plans to publish the traditional full post-meeting statement meant to crystallize NATO’s latest strategic stance.”

“On May 25, NATO will host the heads of state of all 28 member countries in what will be Trump’s first face-to-face summit with an alliance he bashed repeatedly while running for president. NATO traditionally organizes a meeting within the first few months of a new U.S. president’s term, but Trump has the alliance more on edge than any previous newcomer, forcing organizers to look for ways to make the staid affair more engaging.


http://foreignpolicy.com/2017/05/15/nato-frantically-tries-to-trump-proof-presidents-first-visit-alliance-europe-brussels/

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NATO Tries to Trump-Proof Presidents First Visit (tells heads of state to limit talks to 2-4 min.) (Original Post) kpete May 2017 OP
Worse president than a doorknob dalton99a May 2017 #1
Sooo embarrassing. Nevermypresident May 2017 #2
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