Ex-adviser says take Trump ‘very seriously’ when he threatens NATO withdrawal

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President Donald Trump says he would encourage Russia to “do whatever the hell they want” to countries that are “delinquent” on NATO payments. John Bolton, Trump’s former national security adviser and the author of “The Room Where It Happened,” tells The World’s Carolyn Beeler that Trump’s threats to pull the US out of NATO aren’t just bluster.  

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