Accuracy in Media

President Donald Trump, whose critical comments on U.S. involvement and participation in the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) on the campaign trail led to uncertainty in Europe, said that Germany owes NATO money by not reaching their target goal of defense spending of 2% of GDP. This led to the defense minister of Germany, Ursula Von […]

Per the American Action Forum (AAF), NATO countries increased their spending in 2016. Some factors in the spending increase are increased Russian aggression on the borders of Eastern Europe (i.e. Crimea annexation and Ukraine’s civil war) and President Trump’s campaign rhetoric about rethinking America’s spending habits as a member of NATO: …[W]hile 23 NATO member countries increased […]

The media may have blown up the story beyond what it was: political name-calling on the Senate floor between two Republican senators on foreign policy. Arizona U.S. Senator John McCain was upset at Kentucky U.S. Senator Rand Paul’s remarks on admitting Montenegro as a NATO member, and said that Paul was working for Russian President […]