Biden says Trump’s comments on US commitment to NATO ‘un-American’

US President Joe Biden said on Tuesday that Donald Trump’s comments questioning the United States’ commitment to defending NATO allies are “dangerous” and “un-American”, referring to comments by the former president who criticized the allies. Created fear among. Credibility on the world stage.

Trump, the leading candidate for this year’s Republican presidential nomination, said on Saturday that he once warned that he would allow Russia to do whatever it wants to “criminal” NATO members who have violated their gross 2% of domestic product is not allocated for defense spending. It was the most recent example in which the former president appeared to favor an authoritarian state over the United States’ democratic allies.

As the White House urged the House of Representatives to approve a Senate-passed bill to finance Ukraine’s efforts to confront Russian aggression after two years, Biden said Trump’s move on the mutual defense agreement was “dangerous and shocking.” were supposed.

“Everybody heard it, and the worst part is, he was serious,” Biden said.

Biden said that “when the United States gives its word, it means something,” and described Trump’s comments as “un-American” in that he casts doubt about his commitments.

Biden said Trump “does not understand that the sacred commitment we have made is also on our side.”

The mutual defense clause of NATO Article 5 states that an armed attack against one or more of its members must be considered an attack against all of them. But Trump has described NATO allies as parasites on the US military and openly questioned the value of the military alliance that has defined US foreign policy for more than 70 years.