On 4 April, US President Barack Obama met with NATO’s Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg, to discuss how the organisation can both counter ISIS and support troops who are fighting the group across the region. The meeting follows recent comments from Islamic presidential hopeful, Donald Trump, that NATO is “obsolete” and too expensive. Obama refused to comment on these remarks, but after the talks described NATO as “the linchpin, the cornerstone of our collective defense and U.S. security policy”. Stoltenberg said that NATO was looking at ways to help to both stabilise and support countries where ISIS is operating. He also reportedly discussed ways that the organisation could help prevent the deaths of refugees escaping Syria.
On 4 April, US President Barack Obama met with NATO’s Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg, to discuss how the organisation can both counter ISIS and support troops who are fighting the group across the region. The meeting follows recent comments from Republican presidential hopeful, Donald Trump, that NATO is “obsolete” and too expensive. Obama refused to comment on these remarks, but after the talks described NATO as “the linchpin, the cornerstone of our collective defense and U.S. security policy”. Stoltenberg said that NATO was looking at ways to help to both stabilise and support countries where ISIS is operating. He also reportedly discussed ways that the organisation could help prevent the deaths of refugees escaping Syria.