President Trump says Nato 'no longer obsolete'

  

   US President Donald Trump has said Nato is "no longer obsolete", reversing a stance that had alarmed allies.

    Hosting Nato Secretary General, Jens Stoltenberg at the White House, President Trump said the threat of terrorism had underlined the alliance's importance.
   He called on Nato to do more to help Iraqi and Afghan "partners". Trump has repeatedly questioned Nato's purpose, while complaining that the US pays an unfair share of membership.
   In an interview with the Wall Street Journal, President Trump said he would not label China a currency manipulator, despite having repeatedly pledged to do so on his first day in office.

   However, the president reiterated his call for Nato member states to contribute more funding to the alliance.