Stavridis: Compared to the Campaign, Trump Was ‘Vastly Better’ in Brussels

EXCERPT:

STAVRIDIS: "I guess on the other hand Woody Allen said 90 percent of life is showing up. Compared to where he was during the campaign, 'NATO is obsolete, we’re going to advocate our leadership role, talk about getting out of it,' vastly better. He actually did show up. But the tone, the style is just not what we want to do in front of our best pool of partners in the world. I’ll tell you, when I was a NATO commander, I signed sadly several thousand condolence notes to those killed in action in Afghanistan. I signed hundreds and hundreds of those to Europeans. We ought to have a better approach to them. They are contributing. We should get their 2 percent spending, but we ought to understand they are the best partners we’ll ever have in the world."