What did Donald Trump claim about foreign policy on 18 Mar 2017?
Donald Trump, President of the United States ·
Nevertheless, Germany owes.....vast sums of money to NATO & the United States must be paid more for the powerful, and very expensive, defense it provides to Germany!
Germany owes no such money. NATO's 2% figure is a guideline for what each country spends on its own defense, not a payment to NATO or the United States.
NATO's 2% figure is a guideline for what each ally spends on its own national defense, not a payment owed to NATO or to the United States. In the 2014 Wales Summit Declaration, allies below 2% agreed only to 'aim to move towards the 2% guideline within a decade' (NATO, Wales Summit Declaration, September 5, 2014, para. 14).
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- Two consecutive posts on Twitter (@realDonaldTrump), the day after his White House meeting with German Chancellor Angela Merkel.
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