NATO chief Jens Stoltenberg said Thursday he expects the United States to remain a stalwart ally “regardless of the outcome” of the presidential election, ahead of a debate between Joe Biden and Donald Trump.
“I expect that regardless of the outcome of the US elections, the US will remain a strong NATO ally, because that is in the security interest of the United States,” Stoltenberg told AFP in an interview.
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That came after the volatile former reality TV star reportedly mulled pulling key military power Washington out of the alliance during his term in office.NATO says that 23 of its 32 members are this year set to hit the alliance’s benchmark of spending two percent of their gross domestic product on defence.
“There are never guarantees in politics, but I expect that the US will remain strong,” Stoltenberg said.