Merkel Coalition Hits Back at Trump's Attack on Gas Pipeline
- Trump lashes out at pipeline to Russia, German defense budget
- President peddling ‘fake news,’ Merkel party lawmaker says
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Germany’s governing coalition pushed back against President Donald Trump’s criticism of a gas pipeline with Russia, widening trans-Atlantic tension beyond conflicts over trade and security.
Trump on Tuesday reprised his allegation that Germany isn’t “paying” its fair share for NATO, while throwing in a hit at the Nord Stream 2 pipeline that directly links Germany and Russia. Germany will be paying “billions of dollars” to Russia, Trump said at the White House. “That’s not right.”