ABC News Online: NATO summit: Donald Trump calls Germany Russian 'captive', hammers allies on military spending
United States President Donald Trump claimed a pipeline project has made Germany "totally controlled" by and "captive to Russia" during a combative breakfast that kicked off what was already expected to be a fraught NATO summit.
Mr Trump, in a testy exchange with NATO secretary-general Jens Stoltenberg, took issue with the US protecting Germany when the European nation is making deals with Russia.
Mr Trump appeared to be referring to the Nord Stream 2 pipeline that would bring gas from Russia to Germany's north-eastern Baltic coast, bypassing Eastern European nations like Poland and Ukraine and doubling the amount of gas Russia can send directly to Germany.
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1 comment:
Trump at one time admired Merkel but something changed and I wonder if it was her tolerance of outright condemnation of him by officials in her government during the 2016 campaign? Her FM called him a "hate preacher" for instance. Also there is still all the unexplored conspiracies with the Hillary Campaign and ex-Euro spies, does Trump have reason to believe Merkel's govt was involved as well?
It's personal at this point and of course Trump has valid points.
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