FOREIGN AFFAIRS/NATO/EU: "Last weekend, Trump gave interviews to two newspapers, one British and one German, in which he said he was indifferent to the fate of the European Union political and trading bloc, and argued that the NATO military alliance, the bedrock of European security since World War II, is obsolete.
Both have been pillars of transatlantic cooperation for decades and helped produce peace and prosperity both in Europe and in the United States."
– “World leaders worry about what President Trump will dol,” The Los Angeles Times, Jan 19, 2017, Tracy Wilkinson, 1/19/2017