NATO heads of State pose for a
family picture during the opening ceremony of the NATO (North Atlantic Treaty
Organization) summit, at the NATO headquarters in Brussels, 11 July
2018
Donald
Trump came close to suggesting the US might unilaterally withdraw from Nato if other
member states failed to dramatically increase their spending on the military
bloc.
He caused chaos on Thursday by saying the US would “go it alone” if European states
failed to boost their spending to at least 2% of GDP by January.
And the
threat worked…
But at an emergency press conference later, Trump
appeared to change his mind, claiming Nato members had agreed to
commit an extra $33bn (£25bn). He said it had been “a little tough for a little
while” - he told the Europeans he would be “very unhappy” if they did not
up their spending “substantially”.
But he said a “tremendous amount of progress” had
been made. Nato was now “much stronger” he added, with spending “rocketing”
upwards.
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