During his first NATO meeting today, President Trump deepened a widening rift between him and the French president, proclaimed his “confidence” in Kim Jong Un and toyed with waiting until after the 2020 election to strike a trade deal with China
LONDON — President Donald Trump on Tuesday insisted he didn’t want to disrupt Britain’s upcoming elections.During his first few NATO meetings , Trump deepened a widening rift between him and the French president and defended NATO in perhaps his strongest terms as president before questioning the alliance's collective defense pledge. He commented repeatedly and at length on the impeachment proceedings back home.
It was an odd look for the president. During his 2016 campaign, Trump harped on the idea that the U.S. was being treated unfairly by other NATO alliance countries that didn’t nearly spend as much, proportionally, on their own militaries as the U.S. But as other allies up their spending, Trump has become a greater fan of the longtime alliance — especially as his sometimes rival Macron has voiced criticism of it.
“Don't make any mistake — your No. 1 problem are not the foreign fighters," Macron said. "This is the ISIS fighters in the region, and you have more and more of these fighters due to the situation today.” “We’ll see what happens. It may work out. It may not, but in the meantime, it’s been a long time. President [Barack] Obama said it’s the No. 1 problem and it would’ve been war. You’d be in a war right now if it weren’t for me,” Trump said.
When asked if the impeachment process weakened his position at NATO, Trump insisted it did not, even though his administration has been pummeling Democrats for holding an impeachment hearing while Trump is overseas. Trump argued that he already knew the world leaders in attendance. "I don't want to comment on that. But the answer is no. But I don't want to comment on that," he said earlier in the day.
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