Trump may really not know how NATO works

[DonViejo]

By Ishaan Tharoor March 24 at 1:00 AM

There are many incredible snippets to be plucked from President Trump’s interview in the new issue of Time magazine, which featured a cover asking “Is Truth Dead?” (Time was referring to the president’s penchant for spouting falsehoods, while playing with the style of its iconic 1966 cover that asked “Is God Dead?”)

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The entire conversation between Trump and Michael Scherer, Time’s Washington bureau chief, is worth reading for its jarring glimpse into Trump’s psychology. A writer at the feminist blog Jezebel redacted everything that’s not verifiably true from the president’s answers and found herself scratching out almost all of his remarks. The interview ended after Trump shrugged off questions about his credibility with a bewildering declaration: “I can’t be doing so badly, because I’m president, and you’re not.”

My colleagues over at The Washington Post’s Fact Checker also ran the rule over the “cascade of false claims” Trump made in the interview, so we'll focus on one: More than two months into his tenure in office, Trump still doesn’t seem to understand how NATO works.

Trump’s ambivalence about the West’s preeminent military alliance is well known. Before entering the White House, he declared NATO “obsolete” and cast doubt on U.S. military commitments to its traditional partners in Europe.

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[SummerSnow]

1. He doesn't even know how a blender works

[Fast Walker 52]

2. "may not"? It's pretty certain he doesn't