Former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, who for years attacked President Donald Trump as a “threat to democracy,” is now suddenly striking a sharply different tone.
In a mysterious change of tune, Clinton offered rare praise for Trump’s NATO leadership.
The sudden change of heart comes shortly after Hillary was subpoenaed in the ongoing Epstein investigations and facing renewed public scrutiny over her role in the Russia Hoax.
Speaking Friday on the podcast Raging Moderates, Clinton said she was “encouraged” by Trump’s recent dealings with NATO during his second term.
Her comments come after NATO members agreed in June to boost defense spending from 2% of GDP to 5% by 2035 following Trump’s pressure, and after the president struck a July deal to have NATO pay for U.S. weapons provided to Ukraine.
“I actually was encouraged by the events of the last several months,” Clinton said.
“First of all, the NATO commitment by individual member states to increase their defense spending is very welcome.
“It’s something that prior administrations have certainly sought.
“And I think it’s great that we are seeing these commitments that now have to be followed through on.
“The willingness of European countries to support Ukraine, and by doing so, buy American weapons in order to provide them to the Ukrainians.”
She went on to praise what she described as a shift toward “common ground” between Trump’s administration and America’s European allies.
“I think all of that is a very good signal that there is beginning to be a better understanding, both by the president and the people around him, as well as by the leaders of our European allies, that there can be common ground amongst us,” Clinton said.
“And the kind of dismissiveness that we saw in the first Trump administration has been replaced by a much more obvious working relationship to the good of European security, transatlantic security, and hopefully Ukrainian security.
“So I’m actually encouraged.”
Trump told NBC News in a July 10 interview that NATO had agreed to cover the cost of U.S.-supplied Patriot missile shipments to Ukraine, crediting the deal to his efforts at the June NATO summit in The Hague.
NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte has echoed that praise, even calling Trump “daddy” at the summit.
Rutte credited the president with securing the historic defense spending commitments.
“I think when somebody deserves praise, that praise should be given,” Rutte said on The New York Times’s “The Interview.”
“And President Trump deserves all the praise.
“Because without his leadership, without him being reelected President of the United States, the 2% this year and the 5% in 2035, we would never, ever, ever have been able to achieve agreement on this.”
Even NewsNation host Chris Cuomo, a longtime Trump critic, acknowledged the president’s foreign policy gains, giving him a “B” grade for recent actions, including America’s June bombing of Iran’s nuclear facilities and the NATO funding deal.
“Iran alone was a great stopgap measure … there’s no question that the bombing sent a very strong message to the regime,” Cuomo said.
“Their proxies have been beaten down thanks mostly to Israel, but also American intervention.
“And their nuclear program has been slowed.”
The Defense Intelligence Agency, CIA, and even the Iranian government have confirmed that the strikes caused substantial damage to Tehran’s nuclear program.
Clinton’s newfound willingness to credit Trump, especially on the global stage, comes amid her own deepening legal and reputational troubles.
Her praise arrives shortly after she was subpoenaed in the widening Epstein investigations and after fresh evidence publicly exposed her involvement in promoting the discredited Russia Hoax that sought to undermine Trump’s presidency.
For years, Clinton positioned herself as one of Trump’s fiercest critics.
Now, under the cloud of federal scrutiny, she is openly acknowledging his foreign policy achievements, a shift as politically notable as it is sudden.
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