WASHINGTON, July 7 -- Sen. Rick Scott issued the following press release:
Today, Senator Rick Scott published an op-ed (https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/op-eds/4637918/shared-security-interests-nato-stronger-because-trump-demanded-more/) in the Washington Examiner highlighting how NATO has grown stronger because President Trump leaned on alliance members to make good on their defense commitments.
As NATO meets in Turkey for an alliance-wide summit, Senator Scott argues that, because member nations are now seriously investing in their own defense, the alliance is stronger than the sum of its parts.
Senator Scott wrote, "Here's the deal: For many years, NATO was about charity. The United States and a select few European countries provide...