President Donald Trump on Tuesday continued to express frustration with trade between the U.S. and the European Union (EU), using Europe’s trade surplus with the U.S. to question Washington’s spending on trans-Atlantic defense.
Many countries in NATO, which we are expected to defend, are not only short of their current commitment of 2% (which is low), but are also delinquent for many years in payments that have not been made. Will they reimburse the U.S.?
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) July 10, 2018
The European Union makes it impossible for our farmers and workers and companies to do business in Europe (U.S. has a $151 Billion trade deficit), and then they want us to happily defend them through NATO, and nicely pay for it. Just doesn’t work!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) July 10, 2018
Trump has leveled a series of attacks on NATO and the EU ahead of the summit, insisting that the Europeans have for years taken advantage of the U.S. on trade matters while failing to invest enough into their own defense.
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