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France, Italy reject Trump's claim on NATO spending boost
[PRESSTV] French President Emmanuel Macron says, unlike what his American counterpart Donald Trump...New York real estate developer, described by Dems as illiterate, racist, misogynistic, and what ever other unpleasant descriptions they can think of, elected by the rest of us as 45th President of the United States... has claimed, NATO ...the North Atlantic Treaty Organization. A collection of multinational and multilingual and multicultural armed forces, all of differing capabilities, working toward a common goal by pulling in different directions... is not planning to increase military spending beyond the current levels. Trump jolted a NATO summit in Brussels on Thursday, saying in his closing remarks that NATO members had agreed to "up their commitment" and dedicate four percent of their GDP to defense instead of the current two percent. Macron, however, disputed the remarks in a news conference and said there were no such arrangements. "There is a communiqué that was published yesterday. It’s very detailed," the News Agency that Dare Not be Named quoted Macron as saying. "It confirms the goal of two percent by 2024. That’s all." "I don’t even know if it is a good measure and fits our collective security," he said of Trump's proposed spending increase. In 2014, NATO countries agreed to meet the current spending target over the next decade. The alliance has estimated that only 15 members, or just over half, will be able to hit the benchmark by then. Frustrated by the lack of "burden-sharing," Trump has time and again threatened to leave the alliance if others fail to step up contributions. Posted by: Fred 2018-07-13 |
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