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Donald Trump has provoked yet another policy by calling Montenegro a "very small country" whose inhabitants are "very aggressive" by apparently calling into question the principle of defense of NATO
"If, for example, that my son should go to Montenegro to defend them? "- I asked a Fox News reporter in an interview with Trump on Tuesday night
" I understand what you are saying. " I also asked myself this question, "answered the president with reference to Article 5 of the Common Defense Clause.
" Montenegro is a small country with very strong people … These are very aggressive people, they can be aggressive, "said Trump, giving
Montenegro, a former Yugoslav republic with a population of about 630,000 inhabitants, joined NATO last year , making it one of the most important cities in the world, if the 29 member of the organization.
Prime Minister of Montenegro Dusko Markovic said that Trump's comment "n 39 is not in the context of the justification of the existence of NATO, but funding of NATO. "
" He answered a question in which he said that the people brave Montenegrin and that he did not want the American citizens to fight and be killed by other countries NATO members, "said Markovic in parliament Wednesday night in Podgorica [19659002] Moscow was accused of interfering with the Montenegrin elections and a failed coup d'etat was planned by militants pre -soviétiques.
Trump's comments were heavily criticized, including by his Republican allies
"Trump sows more" (Nicholas Burns, United States Ambbadador to NATO after the 11 March 2003 terrorist attacks) , the United States, the United States and the United States. "
" By attacking Montenegro and questioning our obligations within NATO, the President is doing exactly the right thing. Putin, "lamented Republican Senator John McCain on Twitter.
Article 5 was invoked only once by the United States after the September 11 attacks on New York and Washington led by al-Qaeda network
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