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Editorial: Trump’s bombast on NATO invites Russian aggression

**Finland OUT** Celebrants wave the NATO flag after Finland became the 31st country to join the alliance, at Senate Square in Helsinki, Finland, on April 4, 2023.

Given that Donald Trump talks trash about a range of issues, it’s tempting to discount the rant in which he suggested that as president he would encourage Russia to attack NATO allies who were “delinquent” in their financial obligations.

That would be a mistake. Trump’s remarks are alarming even if he isn’t seriously urging an act of war against a U.S. ally or suggesting that,

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