Montenegro, Trump and World War III By James Reed

My day  job is to report the events leading up to world War III. Here is President Trump speculating along the same lines:
  https://amp.news.com.au/world/europe/donald-trump-has-suggested-montenegro-could-be-the-cause-of-world-war-iii/news-story/ee02b3ba12f77fd034b4d4c54cafc7c3

“In an interview with Fox News’ Tucker Carlson last night, Donald Trump was asked about America’s role in the North Atlantic Treaty Organisation (NATO). More specifically, he was asked about Article 5, the organisation’s joint defence agreement, which basically says that if any of the 29 countries in NATO get attacked by an outsider, the rest will jump in to defend it.

Here was the exchange:
CARLSON: Membership in NATO obligates the members to defend any other member who has been attacked. So let’s say Montenegro, which joined last year, is attacked: Why should my son go to Montenegro to defend it from attack?
TRUMP: I understand what you’re saying. I’ve asked the same question.
CARLSON: Yeah, I’m not against it — or Albania.
TRUMP: No, by the way, they have very strong people — they have very aggressive people. They may get aggressive, and congratulations, you’re in World War III. Now I understand that — but that’s the way it was set up. Don’t forget, I just got here a little more than a year-and-a-half ago. But I took over the conversation three or four days ago and said, “You have to pay.”

     Thus, if a country like Montenegro got aggressive with Russia, present NATO arrangements mean that there would be an instant war. That is not to say that the tiny country that most of us have never heard of, or thought much about if we have, is making any threats to the giant, Russia. But, if it did, it could spiral into war because of NATO. Trump is right to see NATO as a costly burden to America.