WASHINGTON: President-elect Donald Trump selected lawyer Matthew Whitaker on Wednesday (Nov 20) to be US ambassador to NATO, deciding on a loyalist with little international coverage expertise for what could also be one of many highest-profile ambassadorships throughout Trump’s second administration.
US relations with the North Atlantic Treaty Group had been strained throughout Trump’s first time period, because the Republican president criticised NATO and accused European members of spending too little on defence.
On the marketing campaign path this yr, Trump confirmed little signal of softening his posture, saying at one occasion in February that he would encourage Russia to invade NATO international locations that had not spent enough funds to defend themselves.
