Trump NATO Threat Less Scary to U.S. Ally Than Russia Drills
- Estonian defense chief calls collective security ‘fundamental’
- Baltic nation is ‘constantly on guard’ for moves from Russia
Peres: Trump NATO Warning a Mistake
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To one U.S. ally in eastern Europe, there’s a more pressing concern than Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump questioning NATO’s binding principle.
Estonia, a Baltic nation of 1.3 million people, dismisses Trump’s comments as pre-election posturing and has no doubt the U.S. will honor its commitments to the North Atlantic Treaty Organization. More worrying are Russian military exercises on the two nations’ shared border. Rather than being defensive, the drills are offensive in nature, according to Estonia’s defense minister, who says Russia has hundreds of thousands of “well-equipped troops” nearby.