Trump apparently wants to pull the U.S. from the Open Skies Treaty, and nobody knows why

This is the best tl;dr I could make, original reduced by 52%. (I'm a bot)

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On Monday, House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Eliot Engel released a letter to National Security Adviser Robert O'Brien expressing his deep concern about "Reports that the Trump administration is withdrawing from the Open Skies Treaty" and urging the administration to abandon "Such a reckless action."

Specifically, "The Open Skies Treaty allows the United States and our allies and partners in Europe to monitor Russian military deployment," especially in Ukraine, Engels said, and "American withdrawal would only benefit Russia."

Guys, GUYS. I know today is not the day to say "Not everything is a Russian plot," but Trump has no idea what an Open Skies Treaty is, and Putin's not gonna burn chips on an argument over that.

Is it possible that the Russians mentioned dumping Open Skies just to raise some hell in NATO and the EU? Sure.

Of course, Russia and former National Security Adviser John Bolton could both want to scrap the treaty.

John Bolton hated Open Skies and started the withdrawal before he was fired.

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