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In reply to the discussion: Want to know why that Meeting with Merkel and Trump was frosty...? [View all]
http://www.latimes.com/politics/washington/la-na-essential-washington-updates-trump-says-merkel-meeting-was-great-1489845711-htmlstory.html
President Trump on Saturday followed up what he called a "great" meeting with German Chancellor Angela Merkel by blasting her country for what he said were unpaid bills for NATO defense.
On Twitter, Trump reiterated a point he made at his joint news conference Friday with Merkel that many NATO nations owe money to the alliance and the U.S. because they haven't paid their fair share.
This time, he chastised Germany for not paying enough "for the powerful, and very expensive, defense" NATO and the U.S. provide.
Trump didn't single out Germany for NATO bills as he stood next to Merkel and addressed reporters' questions on Friday at a news conference in which he also doubled down on his unsubstantiated accusations that President Obama had ordered surveillance of him during the 2016 campaign.
"Many nations owe vast sums of money from past years, and it is very unfair to the United States," Trump said. "These nations must pay what they owe."
He then thanked Merkel for Germany's commitment to increase its defense spending.
Merkel said Germany had increased its defense spending by 8% last year and was committed to reaching NATO's goal for each member nation to spend 2% of total economic output on defense by 2024.
President Trump on Saturday followed up what he called a "great" meeting with German Chancellor Angela Merkel by blasting her country for what he said were unpaid bills for NATO defense.
On Twitter, Trump reiterated a point he made at his joint news conference Friday with Merkel that many NATO nations owe money to the alliance and the U.S. because they haven't paid their fair share.
This time, he chastised Germany for not paying enough "for the powerful, and very expensive, defense" NATO and the U.S. provide.
Trump didn't single out Germany for NATO bills as he stood next to Merkel and addressed reporters' questions on Friday at a news conference in which he also doubled down on his unsubstantiated accusations that President Obama had ordered surveillance of him during the 2016 campaign.
"Many nations owe vast sums of money from past years, and it is very unfair to the United States," Trump said. "These nations must pay what they owe."
He then thanked Merkel for Germany's commitment to increase its defense spending.
Merkel said Germany had increased its defense spending by 8% last year and was committed to reaching NATO's goal for each member nation to spend 2% of total economic output on defense by 2024.
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Got my fingers crossed that Dumpty suffers the same faith ad the Trading Places millionaires
iluvtennis
Mar 2017
#87
Tourists from elsewhere are already choosing other destinations. Trump has already sent
tblue37
Mar 2017
#18
Considering the detaining and aggressive questioning of Australian bestselling children's
tblue37
Mar 2017
#25
Lol...I've been wanting an excuse to use that one for a long time! Glad you liked it!
Docreed2003
Mar 2017
#65
So the reason it was frosty is probably because Merkel folded up the bill and tossed it.
randome
Mar 2017
#20
Great News.....Drip, Drip,..The Trump Stupid Asshole Exposes Himself to the World..
Stuart G
Mar 2017
#40
I think trump could not care less about NATO - he is just interested in making more money
DrDan
Mar 2017
#70
That's not how the NATO agreement works anyway. It's not a bank that you pay money to.
Demit
Mar 2017
#58
What a complete Putin tool Trump is. The U.S. News seems to continue to pretend he must be accepted
PoliticalPie
Mar 2017
#66
Copy of that bill should be sent to the Senate & House investigating committees
MrPurple
Mar 2017
#77
If one ever needed proof that Drumpf is just a dirty f'in mobster at heart, this should suffice.
mr_lebowski
Mar 2017
#80
I wonder why he didn't hand her a bill for WWII and make her apologize for Hitler.
grantcart
Mar 2017
#81