{"id":59203,"date":"2017-06-09T16:25:07","date_gmt":"2017-06-09T16:25:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/defensenews\/uncategorized\/2017\/06\/09\/trump-must-endorse-nato-mutual-aid-clause-hasc-dems-say\/"},"modified":"2026-08-08T00:24:07","modified_gmt":"2026-08-08T00:24:07","slug":"trump-must-endorse-nato-mutual-aid-clause-hasc-dems-say","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/defensenews\/congress\/2017\/06\/09\/trump-must-endorse-nato-mutual-aid-clause-hasc-dems-say\/","title":{"rendered":"Trump must endorse NATO mutual-aid clause, HASC Dems say"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">WASHINGTON \u2014 Seven Democrats on the U.S. House Armed Services Committee are calling on the president to explicitly endorse NATO&#8217;s mutual-defense clause after he reportedly dropped it from a speech to allies in Brussels last month. <br\/><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a class=\"\" href=\"http:\/\/defensenews.com\/nato-affirmation\" target=\"_blank\">A Thursday letter<\/a> led by HASC Ranking Member Adam Smith, D-Wash., urged President Trump to make the pledge after his surprise omission of a sentence from his speech at the NATO summit that would have\u00a0reaffirmed America&#8217;s commitment to Article 5 of the NATO treaty.\u00a0It&#8217;s only\u00a0invocation was\u00a0by the U.S., after\u00a0the Sept. 11, 2001 attacks. <br\/> <br\/><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&#8220;We face many threats, but I stand here before you with a clear message: the U.S. commitment to the NATO alliance and to Article 5 is unwavering,&#8221; Trump was supposed to say, according to a speech prepared by his national security team that was  <a class=\"\" href=\"http:\/\/www.politico.com\/magazine\/story\/2017\/06\/06\/trump-nato-speech-27-words-commitment-215231\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Link: http:\/\/www.politico.com\/magazine\/story\/2017\/06\/06\/trump-nato-speech-27-words-commitment-215231\">shared with Politico last week<\/a>.\u00a0Trump&#8217;s speech also\u00a0chided NATO leaders to spend more on defense.\u00a0 <br\/> <br\/><\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">While other administration officials, including Vice President Mike Pence, Defense Secretary Jim Mattis and Secretary of State Rex Tillerson, have reiterated the commitment, &#8220;the absence of an endorsement \u2014 by our commander in chief has meaning,&#8221; the letter reads. The lawmakers\u00a0warned of Article 5&#8217;s importance to deter Russian aggression.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&#8220;Not committing to Article 5 provides opportunities for our adversaries and can easily be spun to propagate a dangerous narrative regarding U.S. commitment to the defense of our NATO allies in the event of an attack,&#8221; the letter reads. <br\/> <br class=\"Apple-interchange-newline\"\/>Thursday&#8217;s letter was signed by Smith and Seapower ranking member\u00a0Joe Courtney, D-Conn.;\u00a0Tactical AirLand Forces ranking member\u00a0Niki Tsongas, D-Mass.;\u00a0Oversight and Investigation ranking member\u00a0Seth Moulton, D-Mass., and Reps. Beto O&#8217;Rourke, D-Tex.; Ruben Gallego, D-Ariz., and Stephanie Murphy, D-Fla. <br\/> <br\/><\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Questioned by reporters at the summit, NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg hailed Trump for inaugurating a 9\/11 Article 5 memorial, which he called &#8220;the strongest expression of U.S. support for NATO. Just by doing [that], he sent a strong signal.&#8221; <br\/> <br\/>White House press secretary Sean Spicer said earlier this week that\u00a0questioning Trump&#8217;s commitment to Article 5 is &#8220;a bit of a silly discussion&#8221; and &#8220;the president remains entirely committed to NATO and all of the articles, not just Article 5.&#8221; <br\/> <br\/><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Yet coupled with Trump&#8217;s announcement the U.S. would withdraw from the Paris climate accords, which President Obama had signed, there was a backlash from some foreign leaders after Trump&#8217;s nine-day foreign trip. German Chancellor Angela Merkel, Europe&#8217;s de facto leader,  <a class=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/world\/following-trumps-trip-merkel-says-europe-cant-rely-on-us-anymore\/2017\/05\/28\/4c6b92cc-43c1-11e7-8de1-cec59a9bf4b1_story.html?utm_term=.811437e737e0\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Link: https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/world\/following-trumps-trip-merkel-says-europe-cant-rely-on-us-anymore\/2017\/05\/28\/4c6b92cc-43c1-11e7-8de1-cec59a9bf4b1_story.html?utm_term=.811437e737e0\">said earlier this week<\/a> at a Bavarian beer hall that Europe can no longer &#8220;fully rely&#8221; on its overseas allies.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Trump and his defenders in Congress were pleased with his performance overseas. On May 28,\u00a0Senate Foreign Relations Chairman Bob Corker, R-Tenn., put out a statement that said the\u00a0trip was &#8220;executed to near perfection.&#8221;\u00a0Trump himself tweeted: &#8220;Just returned from Europe. 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