Trump calls for new standards to aid NATO allies

By Ginger Gibson CLEVELAND (Reuters) - Republican U.S. presidential nominee Donald Trump said that if he is elected, he might abandon NATO's guarantee that any member, including the United States, would defend the others if they were attacked. Trump told the New York Times that Washington would only come to the aid of other members if they had "fulfilled their obligations to us." The statements came in response to a question about potential Russian aggression toward the Baltic states. Trump campaign manager Paul Manafort did not dispute the quotes, saying they were consistent with the candidate's desire to modernize U.S. treaties.