{"id":11222,"date":"2025-09-02T12:35:53","date_gmt":"2025-09-02T12:35:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/xstorynews.com\/?p=11222"},"modified":"2025-09-02T12:35:53","modified_gmt":"2025-09-02T12:35:53","slug":"hillary-clinton-praises-trump-over-nato-deal-ukraine-weapons-agreement","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/xstorynews.com\/?p=11222","title":{"rendered":"Hillary Clinton Praises Trump Over NATO Deal, Ukraine Weapons Agreement"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said on the \u201cRaging Moderates\u201d podcast Friday that she was genuinely heartened by President Donald Trump\u2019s recent dealings with NATO and the Russia-Ukraine peace negotiations.<\/p>\n

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NATO members agreed in June to boost their defense spending from 2 percent of gross domestic product to 5 percent by 2035 after Trump pressured them.<\/p>\n

The president followed up in July by making a deal for NATO to pay for U.S. weapons supplied to Ukraine.<\/p>\n

Clinton said on the podcast that these moves were positive indicators of improving \u201ccommon ground\u201d between the Trump administration and America\u2019s European allies.<\/p>\n

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\u201cI actually was encouraged by the events of the last several months. First of all, the NATO commitment by individual member states to increase their defense spending is very welcome. It\u2019s something that prior administrations have certainly sought,\u201d Clinton said. \u201cAnd I think it\u2019s great that we are seeing these commitments that now have to be followed through on. The willingness of European countries to support Ukraine, and by doing so by American weapons in order to provide them to the Ukrainians.<\/p>\n

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\u201cI think all of that is a very good signal that there is beginning to be a better understanding, both by the president and the people around him, as well as by the leaders of our European allies, that there can be common ground amongst us,\u201d she continued. \u201cAnd the kind of dismissiveness that we saw in the first Trump administration has been replaced by a much more obvious working relationship to the good of European security, transatlantic security, and hopefully Ukrainian security. So I\u2019m actually encouraged.\u201d<\/p>\n