White House press secretary Sean Spicer defended President Trump's reversals on key policies over the past few days, arguing that actors are falling in line with Trump's policy positions and not the other way around.

On Wednesday, Trump backtracked on previous comments about labeling China as a currency manipulator, his criticism of Federal Reserve Chairwoman Janet Yellen, his opposition to the Export-Import Bank and his labeling of NATO as "obsolete."

Pointing to the shift on NATO specifically, Spicer argued that the alliance has responded to Trump's criticisms of certain countries failing to meet their financial obligations and his charge that the group wasn't fighting terrorism.

"If you look at what happened, those entities or individuals in some cases, or issues, [are] evolving toward the president's position," Spicer said Thursday at his press briefing.

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"On NATO in particular, he talked about the need of countries to pay their fair share … about the need for NATO to focus more on terrorism. NATO has done just that."

Standing alongside NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg at the White House on Wednesday, Trump praised the alliance as "no longer obsolete," noting that he discussed both of his grievances with Stoltenberg during their meeting.

But when pressed about the lack of changes surrounding the other topics on which Trump has changed his mind, Spicer said NATO was "the most illustrative" of that shift by others toward Trump's perspective.

"When you look at these issues and you recognize the direction in which they are moving, they are moving in the direction the president has stated very clearly," he said.

During the campaign, Trump blasted China as a currency manipulator, promising to label it one on the first day of the administration to help protect American jobs. But he's taken a more friendly tone toward China since his meeting with the nation's president last week, culminating in a Wall Street Journal interview on Wednesday where he said that China does not manipulate its currency.

“The president’s tough talk on a variety of subjects was to get results for the American people," Spicer said when pressed on China.