Senators John McCain and Lindsey Graham are touring the Baltic region in a visit seen as an attempt to alleviate concerns about President-elect Donald Trump’s policy toward Russia.
“I think the presence of the American troops here in Estonia is a signal that we believe in what Ronald Reagan believed, and that is peace through strength,” McCain told reporters in the Estonian capital on Tuesday, Reuters reported.
“And the best way to prevent Russian misbehavior [is] by having a credible, strong military and a strong NATO alliance,” the Arizona Republican said.
During his bombastic presidential campaign, Trump said he would “certainly look at” pulling the US out of NATO, because it is an “obsolete” alliance that “is costing us a fortune.”
The billionaire businessman also suggested that he would consider a country’s contributions to NATO before coming to its assistance.
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