Scott Ritter: Trump stole the show at NATOs otherwise flop of a summit

Scott Ritter: Trump stole the show at NATO’s otherwise flop of a summit “This was a farcical summit. It was an exercise in narcissism management,” the former US Marine Corps intelligence officer told Sputnik, summing up the gathering that’s likely to be best remembered for NATO chief Rutte’s comments referring to Trump as “daddy.” Click below to view more “We have an American president who believes that he should be the center of all attention that the only thing that matters is his personal agenda,” Ritter said, stressing that the summit’s focus wasn’t efforts to improve NATO or achieve peace in the Middle East or vis-à-vis Russia, but promote himself for the Nobel peace prize. The alliance’s 5% of GDP on defense commitment was “purely political” spectacle, Ritter said, noting that “when you lack a defense industry to execute that plan, it’s meaningless.” On top of that is the fact that Europe doesn’t actually face any threats from major external state actors, apart from the “ar... Source: Sputnik International