Yellen Calls Trump’s NATO Dismissal a Threat to Global Economy
- Treasury chief says alliance is critical to economic stability
- Secretary Yellen comments in interview with Bloomberg News
Janet Yellen
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Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen said recent remarks by former President Donald Trump sowing doubt about US commitments to NATO partners could undermine an alliance central to global economic stability.
“Our alliances are utterly critical to our defense,” Yellen said in an interview with Bloomberg News in Pittsburgh. “So, I regard it as irresponsible, the comments that the former president made about our alliances.”