Trump pushed away the President of Montenegro. Montenegrin Prime Minister Markovic called "harmless" the incident with Trump, who rudely pushed him away in front of journalists at NATO headquarters (video). Montenegro in NATO: the people wanted a referendum, but the authorities considered it superfluous

However, we must not forget that Trump is an ordinary person who simply does not know the rules of diplomatic etiquette, an independent political analyst told Nation News. Alexander Asafov.

Recall that the US president was at the center of a political scandal during his first NATO summit. In order to stand in the front row among the politicians present, the US leader sharply pushed away the Prime Minister of Montenegro Dusko Markovic. A little later, representatives of Washington called the incident a "harmless situation." Markovich himself is of the same opinion.

“I really didn't pay attention to it. I just saw the reactions on social media. It's just a harmless situation," the Prime Minister of Montenegro stressed.

“Trump, of course, did not push away the prime minister of Montenegro very gracefully at the NATO summit. But he only visibly showed her true place in the alliance,” Alexei Pushkov commented on the actions of the American president.

However, political consultant Alexander Asafov is sure that Donald Trump, due to the peculiarities of his character, simply does not know the rules of diplomatic etiquette and therefore behaves like an ordinary person.

“Now the entire expert community and journalists are making Trump a character for folk agricultural calendars. That is, they are trying to guess from Trump - what this or that action of the new US president means. Roughly speaking, if Trump at a brief NATO summit pushes Montenegrin away and does not recognize the President of Lithuania, then whether this means cutting NATO spending or not, whether it rains or not. But I would not advise giving unnecessary meaning to Trump's eccentric actions, because when he performs any actions, he does not put secret or any other meanings into them. He acts like a man who has no experience in diplomatic etiquette. He behaves like a normal person. It’s just that in the three months of his tenure as president, he has not yet had time to learn by sight the numerous leaders of the participating countries, there are 28 of them, he simply does not remember everyone, ”the political scientist explained the situation.

According to Asafov, Trump is an eccentric billionaire who is used to behaving this way. If someone interferes with him - he moves him, if he does not want to shake hands with a woman - he does not shake. At such moments, he does not know what actions others expect from the US leader.

“In the end, he won the election only because he behaved like a person, and not like a presidential candidate. He, as a person, made promises that were understandable to people, and not to diplomats. And this eccentricity and unpredictability actually plays into his hands. And this means that one should not draw political conclusions from the one whom he hugged, greeted and patted on the shoulder. This has nothing to do with the US course towards NATO. Trump does not give any signals, he just behaves like an ordinary person with a peculiar level of upbringing, ”the analyst continues.

The NATO summit took place in Brussels last Thursday. NATO members discussed two issues: strengthening the organization's role in the fight against terrorism and the fair distribution of the financial burden among member countries. Trump and Markovic attended a NATO summit for the first time: the American leader only took office in January, while Montenegro only recently joined the alliance.

“The most important thing that was announced during the summit lies in the fact that the United States of America simply does not have a position on anti-Russian sanctions. This is important, this is the essence of this NATO summit. Even though he says Stoltenberg and so on. The bottom line is that the United States does not yet have a position,” the political scientist concluded.

During the summit, Trump once again reminded that all members of the Alliance must pay their "fair share" of dues. According to the charter, all members of the organization must allocate at least two percent of their total expenses to the general budget, but in the past two years only five countries have fulfilled these obligations - the USA, Greece, Great Britain, Estonia and Poland.

Another topic of the summit was NATO's participation in the fight against the terrorist group "Islamic State" banned in Russia 1 . The politicians agreed that the military bloc will join the international coalition currently operating in Syria and Iraq under the leadership of the United States.

1 Terrorist organization whose activity is prohibited on the territory of the Russian Federation

CHISINAU, May 26 - Sputnik. US President Donald Trump, while inspecting the new NATO headquarters in Brussels, sharply pushed aside Montenegrin Prime Minister Dusko Markovic, who was standing in front of him. The video of the incident sparked a heated debate on social media. The White House and the Montenegrin prime minister himself later commented, RIA Novosti reports.

On May 25, the US President participated in the NATO summit, which was held in Brussels. Also, the American president was shown the new headquarters of the alliance. In the course of a kind of excursion led by NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg, Trump sharply pushed aside Prime Minister of Montenegro Dusko Markovic, who was ahead of him. The footage of the recording of the broadcast caused bewilderment among users.
The backlash on social media forced the Prime Minister of Montenegro to comment on the embarrassing incident. According to him, Trump's gesture was completely "harmless", and it is "natural" for the American president to stand in the front row.

“I really didn’t pay attention to it. I just saw the reactions on social networks. It’s just a harmless situation,” Markovic told reporters.

Commented on this situation in Washington. White House spokesman Sean Spicer said he did not see any footage of the incident, but added that the alignment of NATO leaders for the photo had been predetermined and suggested that Trump was simply following the pattern.

Montenegro participated in the NATO summit for the first time after the ratification of the accession agreement by all member countries of the North Atlantic Alliance before the final membership procedure on 5 June.

First, the alliance officially agreed to join a coalition to combat the Islamic State terrorist group banned in the Russian Federation, and a decision was made to create an anti-terrorist unit. This decision was taken at the initiative of Washington for two reasons: to show the unity of the alliance in the fight against terrorism and to provide a platform for coordinating the actions of the coalition members. NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg stressed that the alliance does not intend to participate in hostilities against terrorists, but as a member of the coalition it will be able to participate in the political discussion of its members, including coordination and training.

The decision to establish a counter-terrorism intelligence gathering unit was made to improve the exchange of information among NATO members, including on foreign fighters. The Secretary General also decided to appoint a high-ranking NATO representative as coordinator for the implementation of the alliance's anti-terrorist plan.

Secondly, at the May 25 summit, the parties agreed to prepare national plans to increase defense spending. In them, member countries will indicate how they intend to raise defense spending to 2% of GDP, invest in key capacities and participate in NATO operations. The first series of reports on the implementation of these plans will be ready by December, and in February 2018 it will be studied by the defense ministers of the member countries of the alliance.

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The world media drew attention to the rudeness and tactlessness of US President Donald Trump in relation to the Prime Minister of Montenegro, Dusko Markovic. During a tour of the new NATO headquarters, Trump unceremoniously pushed the Montenegrin politician who stood in front of him, and then calmly straightened his jacket and spoke to Lithuanian President Dalia Grybauskaite.

According to The Washington Post video, the actions of the American president caused laughter from the journalists present at the meeting. Markovic himself turned around in bewilderment when Trump pushed him, however, when he saw who it was, he smiled and patted him on the shoulder.

The ambiguity of the situation was given by the fact that for the Montenegrin leader the NATO summit, which ended on May 25, was the premiere. Markovic represented a country that is preparing to become a member of the alliance. In turn, the United States takes a leading position in NATO, and Trump has repeatedly expressed dissatisfaction with the fact that Washington has to invest forces and resources in solving the problems of partners who take a consumer position. In addition, the upcoming membership of Montenegro in the alliance causes serious discontent among Russia, while Trump is suspected of inappropriately close relations with Moscow.

Recall that an extraordinary NATO summit ended in Brussels the day before, during which Washington's proposal to redistribute the financial burden to ensure the defense of alliance members and the entry of NATO states into a coalition to combat Middle East terrorism was discussed.

TALLINN, May 26 - Sputnik. US President Donald Trump, while inspecting the new NATO headquarters in Brussels, sharply pushed aside Montenegrin Prime Minister Dusko Markovic, who was standing in front of him. The video of the incident sparked a heated debate on social media. The White House and the Montenegrin prime minister himself later commented, RIA Novosti reports.

On May 25, the US President participated in the NATO summit, which was held in Brussels. Also, the American president was shown the new headquarters of the alliance. In the course of a kind of excursion led by NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg, Trump sharply pushed aside Prime Minister of Montenegro Dusko Markovic, who was ahead of him. The footage of the recording of the broadcast caused bewilderment among users.

“I really didn’t pay attention to it. I just saw the reactions on social networks. It’s just a harmless situation,” Markovic told reporters.

Commented on this situation in Washington. White House spokesman Sean Spicer said he did not see any footage of the incident, but added that the alignment of NATO leaders for the photo had been predetermined and suggested that Trump was simply following the pattern.

Montenegro participated in the NATO summit for the first time after the ratification of the accession agreement by all member countries of the North Atlantic Alliance before the final membership procedure on 5 June.

First, the alliance officially agreed to join a coalition to combat the Islamic State terrorist group banned in the Russian Federation, and a decision was made to create an anti-terrorist unit. This decision was taken at the initiative of Washington for two reasons: to show the unity of the alliance in the fight against terrorism and to provide a platform for coordinating the actions of the coalition members. NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg stressed that the alliance does not intend to participate in hostilities against terrorists, but as a member of the coalition it will be able to participate in the political discussion of its members, including coordination and training.

The decision to establish a counter-terrorism intelligence gathering unit was made to improve the exchange of information among NATO members, including on foreign fighters. The Secretary General also decided to appoint a high-ranking NATO representative as coordinator for the implementation of the alliance's anti-terrorist plan.

Secondly, at the May 25 summit, the parties agreed to prepare national plans to increase defense spending. In them, member countries will indicate how they intend to raise defense spending to 2% of GDP, invest in key capacities and participate in NATO operations. The first series of reports on the implementation of these plans will be ready by December, and in February 2018 it will be studied by the defense ministers of the member countries of the alliance.

The White House justified the behavior of its president Donald Trump, who rudely pushed the head of the government of Montenegro Dusko Markovic during a collective photograph of the leaders of NATO member countries. According to the statement of the American administration, US President Donald Trump followed the arrangement of the heads of the countries-members of the North Atlantic alliance, moving the Prime Minister of Montenegro. The press secretary of the White House commented on this incident. Sean Spicer.

A video showing this oversight of the American president was posted on Twitter by a CNBC journalist. Steve Kopak.

The video shows how US President Donald Trump, passing through a number of other participants in the Brussels summit from behind their backs, practically pushes aside Montenegrin Prime Minister Dusko Markovic, who is in his way. He, taken aback, looks around in bewilderment, however, when he sees Trump, he begins to smile and pat the American leader on the back. Donald Trump takes his place, and begins to talk with the President of Lithuania Dalei Grybauskaite adjusting his jacket.

The White House press secretary, who accompanies Donald Trump, did not comment on this episode in detail, saying that he was not a witness to it and did not see the video.

"I didn't watch the video," Spicer explained.

However, the official representative of the head of the United States stressed that the layout of the leaders of the NATO member states for their common photo was approved in advance and American President Donald Trump did not try to take a better place.

In the American media, especially in those publications that can be called liberal and close to the Democratic Party, this episode was covered negatively. For example, The Washington Post newspaper, in one of its materials, which was released in an electronic version after the summit in Brussels, called the behavior of the US president "a national disgrace."

Former US Ambassador to Russia Michael McFaul also commented on the behavior of the American leader.

“Awkward. There is not much leadership in sight today,” he tweeted.

But the head of the Montenegrin government, Dusko Markovic, was not offended at all by Trump. He told reporters that he did not even notice how US President Donald Trump pushed him away before starting a joint photo shoot at a meeting of NATO leaders in Brussels.

“I didn’t really pay attention to it, only then I saw the reaction on social networks,” he said.

According to Markovic, it was a completely harmless situation.

“Today I had a great opportunity to personally thank President Trump for his support and prompt ratification by the Senate of the Protocol on Montenegro's accession to NATO, for the comprehensive assistance of the United States in the integration of Montenegro into NATO, and for the development of our bilateral relations,” he said.

The Prime Minister of Montenegro also noted that "it is natural for the President of the United States to be in the front row."

“You can see it is arrogant. He pointed them to his place behind him, ”users on social networks say.

“This gesture is the essence of American “exceptionalism”. Exceptional rudeness…”, they emphasize.

Some commentators, however, believe that this is just a game for the public.

“Trump is drawn, replays. Posturing in its purest form,” writes Andrey.

And Natalya jokingly asks: “What kind of rich man is doing weird things here?”. And notes that "Trump is a showman like never seen before."

“And it seemed to me there was no rudeness here, any narcissist who is in love with himself acts like that, he so wanted to get into the center of the frame, he was in a hurry and it came out a little rude, but he immediately forgave himself and froze satisfied in a beautiful pose! This is its smallest drawback compared to the strikes on Syria and other surprises,” Yulia writes.

Vladimir notes that “in general, this fragment is an example of refined servility and groveling, which for some reason is called partnership in NATO.”

Recall that the new building of NATO headquarters was opened on Thursday as part of the NATO summit in Brussels. The total cost of the program to build and relocate the headquarters is estimated at one billion euros. Earlier, US President Donald Trump said that he was impressed with the building, but he would not ask how much it cost.

Montenegro participated in the NATO summit for the first time after the ratification of the accession agreement by all member countries of the North Atlantic Alliance before the final membership procedure on 5 June.