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7A THE DAILY ASTORIAN • FRIDAY, JULY 22, 2016 Trump upends decades of NATO doctrine with views on treaty Domestic furor, unease abroad By MATTHEW LEE Associated Press WASHINGTON — Repub- lican presidential nominee Donald Trump’s suggestion that the United States might abandon its NATO treaty com- mitments has upended decades of American foreign policy dogma and doctrine in both parties. It has created a domes- tic furor and fueled angst not only across Europe but in Asia, where Trump’s complaints about allies not paying their own way have also resonated. Trump’s mere musing that he would review allies’ inan- cial contributions in this case those owed by Estonia, Lat- via and Lithuania before acting under NATO’s Article 5 mutual defense clause if they were attacked by Russia could rock the foundations of the secu- rity architecture that has under- pinned European stability since the end of World War II. That possibility, and the global instability that would likely follow, is not some- thing NATO leaders or their nervous citizens will counte- nance lightly, particularly since they responded, without ques- tion, under Article 5 when the United States was attacked on Sept. 11, 2001. U.S. administrations have complained, often bitterly, that many NATO members are not footing their share of the alli- ance’s bills. The U.S. accounts for more than 70 percent of all NATO defense spending. Only four other allies Britain, Estonia, Greece and Poland meet the minimum 2 percent of gross domestic product on defense that NATO requires. But Trump’s loating the idea that that spending target would be a prerequisite for the U.S. to defend them is an abrupt break for the most powerful member of NATO, which styles itself as the most successful military alliance in world history. Estonian President Toomas Hendrik Ilves noted pointedly in a tweet that Estonia “fought, with no caveats,” on behalf of the U.S. in Afghanistan. In 2002, the only time Arti- cle 5 has ever been invoked, NATO surveillance planes patrolled American skies and deployed a third of the troops in Afghanistan for a decade. More than 1,000 non-Ameri- can troops died in Afghanistan. “We are equally committed to all our NATO allies, regard- less of who they may be. That’s what makes them allies,” Ilves tweeted. His fellow Eastern Euro- pean leaders sought to calm the furor. “Regardless of who will be the president of America, we will trust in America,” Lithua- nian President Dalia Grybaus- kaite told reporters in Vilnius in remarks that were echoed by Czech Prime Minister Bohuslav Sobotka. “The United States always stood with nations which were under attack and it will continue doing so.” NATO chief Jens Stolten- berg said “solidarity among allies is a key value for NATO,” a stand that “is good for Euro- pean security and good for U.S. security,” he said. “ “The United States has always stood by its European allies. Now the U.S. is stepping up its support once again, and increasing its presence,” Stol- tenberg said. The U.S. placed new troops recently in Poland. Yet, analysts and citizens throughout Eastern Europe, where fears of Russian aggres- sion run high since it annexed the Ukrainian region of Crimea, expressed deep concern, nota- bly since just two weeks ago NATO-country leaders reaf- irmed that they “stand together, and act together, to ensure the defense of our territory and populations, and of our com- mon values.” In Warsaw, average Poles were alarmed. “His words were irresponsi- ble and they inspired fear in me. I’m worried about the world’s future, about Poland’s future,” said 39-year-old schoolteacher Lidia Zagorowska. “If I were a U.S. citizen I would never ever vote for Trump. Let that be my answer,” said Katarzyna Woznicka, 54, walking her dog in downtown Warsaw. Clinton looks to steal Trump’s thunder with her VP pick Kaine a leading contender By KATHLEEN HENNESSEY and CALVIN WOODWARD Associated Press CLEVELAND — Hil- lary Clinton moved closer to introducing her running mate, snatching attention from newly crowned Republican nomi- nee Donald Trump just hours after he closed out his conven- tion with a iery and forebod- ing turn at the podium. Crews were still sweep- ing confetti from the GOP convention hall loor, as the Clinton campaign signaled an announcement was coming soon. In a tweet Friday morn- ing, her campaign urged sup- porters to text the campaign to get irst word. Virginia U.S. Sen. Tim Kaine had emerged as the leading contender, according to Democrats famil- iar with Clinton’s search. The news could quickly steal Trump’s thunder. In an 75-minute speech Thursday night, Trump made force- ful promises to be the cham- pion of disaffected Ameri- cans, capping his convention on a high note for the party, not a moment too soon after shows of disharmony and assorted lubs before the four- day closer. Speaking to “the forgot- Trump promises that ‘safety will be restored’ Businessman formally accepts Republican nomination for president By JULIE PACE and ROBERT FURLOW Associated Press CLEVELAND — Declar- ing America in crisis, Don- ald Trump pledged to cheering Republicans and still-skepti- cal voters Thursday night that as president he will restore the safety they fear they’re los- ing, strictly curb immigration and save the nation from Hil- lary Clinton’s record of “death, destruction, terrorism and weakness.” Conidently addressing the inale of his party’s less-than- smooth national convention, the billionaire businessman declared the nation’s prob- lems too staggering to be ixed within the conines of tradi- tional politics. “I have joined the political arena so that the powerful can no longer beat up on people that cannot defend themselves,” Trump said. The 71-year-old celeb- rity businessman’s acceptance of the Republican nomination caps his improbable takeover of the GOP, a party that plunges into the general election united in opposition to Clinton but still divided over Trump. His address on the closing night of the convention marked his highest-proile opportunity yet to heal those divisions and show voters he’s prepared for the presidency. Ever the show- man, he fed off the energy of the crowd, stepping back to soak in applause and joining the dele- gates as they chanted, “USA.” As the crowd, iercely opposed to Clinton, broke out in its oft-used refrain of “Lock her up,” he waved them off, and instead declared, “Let’s defeat her in November.” Yet he also AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster Businessman Donald Trump, the Republican nominee for president, speaks during the final day of the Repub- lican National Convention in Cleveland Thursday night. accused her of “terrible, terri- ble crimes” and said her great- est achievement may have been staying out of prison. He offered himself as a powerful ally of those who feel Washington has left them behind. “I’m with you, and I will ight for you, and I will win for you,” he declared. He accused Clinton, his far-more-experienced Demo- cratic rival, of utterly lacking the good judgment to serve in the White House and as the mil- itary’s commander in chief. “This is the legacy of Hillary Clinton: death, destruction, ter- rorism and weakness,” he said. “But Hillary Clinton’s legacy does not have to be America’s legacy.” In a direct appeal to Amer- icans shaken by a summer of violence at home and around the world, Trump promised that if he takes ofice in January, “safety will be restored.” As he moves into the general election campaign, he’s stick- ing to the controversial propos- als of his primary campaign, including building a wall along the entire U.S.-Mexico border and suspending immigration from nations “compromised by terrorism.” But in a nod to a broader swath of Americans, he said young people in predominantly black cities “have as much of a right to live out their dreams as any other child in America.” He also vowed to protect gays and lesbians from violence and oppression, a pledge that was greeted with applause from the crowd. “As a Republican, it is so nice to hear you cheering for what I just said,” he responded. Trump was introduced by his daughter Ivanka, who announced a childcare policy proposal that the campaign had not mentioned before. “As president, my father will change the labor laws that were put in place at a time when women weren’t a signiicant portion of the workplace, and he will focus on making quality childcare affordable and acces- sible for all,” she said. Trump took the stage in Cleveland facing a daunting array of challenges, many of his own making. Though he van- quished 16 primary rivals, he’s viewed with unprecedented negativity by the broader elec- torate, and is struggling in par- ticular with younger voters and minorities, groups GOP leaders know they need for the party to grow. The irst three days of this week’s convention bordered on chaos, starting with a pla- giarism charge involving his wife Melania Trump’s speech and moving on to Texas Sen. Ted Cruz’s dramatic refusal to endorse him from the conven- tion stage. AP Photo/Andrew Harnik A photograph of Democratic presidential candidate Hil- lary Clinton is displayed on a smartphone as she takes a selfie with a supporter after speaking at a rally at the Culi- nary Academy of Las Vegas in Las Vegas Tuesday. ten men and women of our country,” the people who “work hard but no longer have a voice,” he declared: “I am your voice.” With that, he summed up both the paradox and the power of his campaign — a billionaire who made common cause with struggling Americans alienated from the system, or at least a portion of them. Democrats offered a dif- ferent assessment, with Clin- ton campaign chairman John Podesta arguing that Trump “offered no real solutions to help working families get ahead or to keep our coun- try safe, just more prejudice and paranoia. America is bet- ter than this. 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