Ben Judah: Trump Is Confirming Putin’s Belief NATO is a ‘Rhetorical Thing Rather than a Real Thing’

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"Putin believes NATO is somewhat of a rhetorical thing rather than a real thing. Sooner or later there will be opportunities presented by American weakness to chip away at this. Trump is confirming his belief. I think that what trump said will will be looked at a lot more closely in Moscow than maybe have been in the American media, which is he’s just sort of opening up a possibility he might not defend. He didn’t say he wouldn’t. I think that it will encourage people in the Russian establishment who think that sooner or later a moment of American weakness will present itself and that imperial territory could be reclaimed."