Support for Trump in a NATO Front-Line State
Tallinn, Estonia
President Trump wants America's European allies to spend more on defense. So has every other recent president, but this one is expressing it in 'brutal ways,' says Estonia's Foreign Minister Margus Tsahkna. Which is fine with him: 'That's the position I like, and Estonia likes—really.'
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