President Of Council Of EU And Trump Joined In Squabble Before NATO Summit
KYIV (FNI) - President of the United States Donald Trump, before his trip to the NATO summit in Brussels, said that the US pays the Alliance the most, the president of the EU Council Donald Tusk replied to this, and said that the EU spends a lot on defense.
Trump noted that the US spends more on the defense of other states than any other state, and this is not fair to US taxpayers. In addition, he said, the US is losing $ 151 billion in trade with the EU.
"Dear Donald Trump. US doesn’t have and won’t have a better ally than EU. We spend on defense much more than Russia and as much as China. I hope you have no doubt this is an investment in our security, which cannot be said with confidence about Russian & Chinese spending"Tusk said.
After that, Trump continued to insist that the US should pay less to NATO, and other states - more.
It should be noted that the NATO summit will be held on Wednesday, July 11.
Donald J. Trump
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@realDonaldTrump
Getting ready to leave for Europe. First meeting - NATO. The U.S. is spending many times more than any other country in order to protect them. Not fair to the U.S. taxpayer. On top of that we lose $151 Billion on Trade with the European Union. Charge us big Tariffs (& Barriers)!
05:35 - 10 лип. 2018
Donald Tusk
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@eucopresident
Dear @realDonaldTrump. US doesn’t have and won’t have a better ally than EU. We spend on defense much more than Russia and as much as China. I hope you have no doubt this is an investment in our security, which cannot be said with confidence about Russian & Chinese spending :-)
06:19 - 10 лип. 2018
Donald J. Trump
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@realDonaldTrump
NATO countries must pay MORE, the United States must pay LESS. Very Unfair!
06:42 - 10 лип. 2018
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