Why Trump went after NATO ally Montenegro
by Melissa Etehad, Los Angeles Times
Jul 19, 2018
3 minutes
President Donald Trump never seemed to have much respect for the tiny European nation of Montenegro, the newest member of NATO.
At a summit at the transatlantic alliance's headquarters in Brussels last year, Trump and other leaders were gathering for a group photograph when Trump shoved aside Dusko Markovic, the prime minister of Montenegro, in an attempt to get to the front.
Captured by television cameras, the shove went viral. It was the most international attention that Montenegro had received in years.
Now the nation
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