The Times further notes that Trump’s desire to end U.S. participation in NATO “raise[s] new worries among national security officials amid growing concern about Mr. Trump’s efforts to keep his meetings with Mr. Putin secret from even his own aides, and an FBI investigation into the administration’s Russia ties.”77 Retired admiral James G. Stavridis, former supreme allied commander of NATO, tells the Times that “even discussing the idea of leaving NATO” is the “gift of the century for Putin.”78
