A big week for Nato

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Uncertainty abounds. Mr Trump has veered from dismissing Nato to saying he backs it. “Let’s put it this way: people are attached to Twitter, and it changes every half hour,” said a senior Nato diplomat. Still, allies were reassured that Gen Mattis and Rex Tillerson, the new secretary of state, expressed support for the organisation at their Senate confirmation hearings.