Leonid Bershidsky: Trump puts America’s allies on notice
People walk past a mural on a restaurant wall depicting US Presidential hopeful Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin greeting each other with a kiss in the Lithuanian capital Vilnius on May 13, 2016.
Donald Trump's warning that, as president, he may not support the automatic defense of a North Atlantic Treaty Organization ally if it is attacked, may well be evidence of the Republican nominee's isolationist views. But more likely, it reflects a belief that rules can be bent when they don't suit him. It has defined the Trump candidacy and it will define his presidency if he wins.
