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Trump torches allies, threatens NATO pullout after tense WWI memorial trip to Paris
Source: Business Insider
Trump torches allies, threatens NATO pullout after tense WWI memorial trip to Paris
Alex Lockie 2h
• President Donald Trump, upon returning home from a World War I memorial event in Paris, unloaded on the US's European allies and appeared to threaten to pull out of NATO.
• French President Emmanuel Macron was critical of Trump's leadership and politics during the Paris trip and floated the idea of forming a European army that would in part defend the continent from the US.
• Trump called the idea "very insulting" and returned to his old talking points challenging NATO.
• Trump said he told US allies in Paris that US protectorship of European countries amid trade deficits could not continue.
President Donald Trump on Monday unloaded on the US's European allies, and appeared to threaten to pull out of NATO, upon returning home from a World War I memorial event in Paris, where French President Emmanuel Macron openly rebuked Trump's political philosophy in a speech on Sunday.
Trump returned to his old talking points— that the US is treated unfairly within NATO while maintaining trade deficits with those countries — as Macron talked up the idea of a European army that would in part serve to protect the continent from the US.
Macron floated the idea before Trump's trip, and Trump described it as "very insulting."
"Just returned from France where much was accomplished in my meetings with World Leaders," Trump tweeted on Monday morning.
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Alex Lockie 2h
• President Donald Trump, upon returning home from a World War I memorial event in Paris, unloaded on the US's European allies and appeared to threaten to pull out of NATO.
• French President Emmanuel Macron was critical of Trump's leadership and politics during the Paris trip and floated the idea of forming a European army that would in part defend the continent from the US.
• Trump called the idea "very insulting" and returned to his old talking points challenging NATO.
• Trump said he told US allies in Paris that US protectorship of European countries amid trade deficits could not continue.
President Donald Trump on Monday unloaded on the US's European allies, and appeared to threaten to pull out of NATO, upon returning home from a World War I memorial event in Paris, where French President Emmanuel Macron openly rebuked Trump's political philosophy in a speech on Sunday.
Trump returned to his old talking points— that the US is treated unfairly within NATO while maintaining trade deficits with those countries — as Macron talked up the idea of a European army that would in part serve to protect the continent from the US.
Macron floated the idea before Trump's trip, and Trump described it as "very insulting."
"Just returned from France where much was accomplished in my meetings with World Leaders," Trump tweeted on Monday morning.
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Read more: https://www.businessinsider.com/trump-slams-allies-threatens-nato-pullout-after-wwi-paris-trip-2018-11
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