: :inin Kyiv (EET)

Trump, Macron clash over Nato ahead of summit


Trump (right) said Macron’s criticism of Nato as ‘vrain dead’ was ‘very, very nasty’. (AP pic)LONDON: US President Donald Trump and French leader Emmanuel Macron clashed over the future of Nato on Tuesday before a summit intended to celebrate the 70th anniversary of the Western military alliance.
In sharp exchanges underlining discord in a transatlantic bloc hailed by backers as the most successful military pact in history, Trump demanded that Europe pay more for its collective defence and make concessions to US interests on trade.
Macron, the French president, stood by comments he made last month describing Nato as suffering from a …read more

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