World War 3: New Trump Secretary of State promises USA SOLUTION to Russian AGGRESSION
DONALD Trump's new Secretary of State Mike Pompeo immediately launched himself into his
role by promising the US and Nato will find solutions to counter Russian aggression.
Mike Pompeo, a former Army officer who was a Republican congressman, referred to his
time as a soldier in the Cold War when talking about modern threats that Russia pose the
west amid rising fears of World War 3.
Recalling the Cold War he said: "We talked a lot about that, the changing nature of the
threat from Russia.
"When I was a young soldier it was T-60 tanks and T-72 tanks rolling across the then
East German plane.
"Today is different and we together, including Nato, must come up with solutions to counter
that.
"There were a lot of ideas, an enormous consensus of the risk Russia poses to the West.
"There is a real commitment to work together to mitigate those risks and deter them."
In a day of closed-door meetings with NATO foreign ministers, Pompeo appeared to charm
European allies with tough talk on Russia and a more sure-footed approach than his predecessor
Rex Tillerson, but he still carried Trump's familiar demand for higher defence spending.
He also made no promises about whether his boss would stick to a 2015 accord to stop
Iran developing a nuclear bomb, warning instead that Trump was still likely to pull out without
major changes to a deal that Europeans insist cannot be reopened.
Pompey continued: "There's been no decision, so the team is working and I am sure we will
have lots of conversations to deliver what the president has made clear.
"Absent a substantial fix, absent overcoming the flaws of the deal, he is unlikely to stay
in that deal."
The new US Secretary of State is regarded as a loyal supporter of Trump with hawkish
views.
However, on Russia those views are largely shared by European allies because of Moscow's
seizure of Crimea.
Nato allies believe the alliance needs to respond to what the West says is the Kremlin's
mix of not just the conventional military threat but covert and cyber warfare.
Pompeo was asked if Germany was doing enough to reach a Nato target for member countries
to spend two per cent of economic output on defence annually.
He said: "No...Germany should meet the goals that they agreed to...that's the expectation,
not only for Germany but for everyone.
We're hopeful that at the Nato summit that every Nato partner will deliver a credible
plan to achieve that goal."
Nato Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg, said: "Pompeo's long and valid experience including
serving as a soldier in Germany during the Cold War provides him with the perfect background
for being the top diplomat of the US."
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