Obama Says Trump Unprepared; Republican Threatens WTO Pullout
- GOP candidate said might not help allies attacked by Russia
- Trump says 163-member World Trade Organization ‘is a disaster’
President Barack Obama delivers a statement on Afghanistan with Defense Secretary Ashton Carter at the White House in Washington on July 6, 2016.
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Donald Trump’s statement that he wouldn’t necessarily come to the aid of a NATO ally attacked by Russia shows the Republican isn’t ready for the Oval Office, said its current occupant, President Barack Obama.
Obama said Sunday that Trump’s recent comments to the New York Times, wavering on the potential to help a NATO ally that he determines hasn’t spent enough on its own defense, violate “the central tenet” of an alliance that is “a cornerstone of U.S. foreign policy.”