Canada will start paying its way in NATO very soon, and that’s a very good thing

Donald Trump is a thug and a demagogue, elevated to the Oval Office. But on NATO, and on the requisite contributions to NATO, he is right.

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and U.S. President Donald Trump, pictured at the White House on Feb. 13, 2017. Photograph courtesy of Donald Trump's Twitter

Opinion

BY WARREN KINSELLA

March 27, 2017

TORONTO—What Donald wants, Donald gets. Well, not really. He wanted a Muslim ban. Didn’t get it. Wanted Obamacare killed, and something else instead. Didn’t get that. Wanted—promised!—ISIS defeated in 30 days. Didn’t get, or do, that. But getting more money out of Canada for NATO? He�...

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