Day After Frosty Merkel Meeting, Trump Slams Germany on NATO
- Merkel said best not to talk about one another on social media
- Trump at press conference said many nations ‘unfair’ to U.S.
Trump Says U.S., Germany Have an 'Incredible Opportunity'
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President Donald Trump, less than 24 hours after an awkward first meeting with Chancellor Angela Merkel that highlighted their divides on policy and personality, said Germany must pay the U.S. more for providing defense.
“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!” Trump told his almost 27 million Twitter followers early Saturday.