US President Donald Trump has claimed that the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) will get “stronger” because members states have agreed to pour more funds into the military alliance.
The president took to Twitter on Saturday writing; “Many NATO countries have agreed to step up payments considerably, as they should. Money is beginning to pour in- NATO will be much stronger.”
Trump is on his final day of his first international trip as president, meeting with Group of Seven (G7) and African nation leaders in the Italian region of Sicily.
The president, who was at NATO headquarters in Brussels on Wednesday, harshly criticized member states for not paying their fair share for the common defense. “NATO would be even stronger than it is today, especially from the threat of terrorism.”
He even mocked the military alliance for the roughly $1 billion cost of its new headquarters where he was delivering his speech.
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