Trump Highlights Discrepancy Between NATO Contributions of US and Germany

Trump Highlights Discrepancy Between NATO Contributions of US and Germany
U.S. soldiers take part in a massive amphibious landing during the Exercise Baltic Operations (BALTOPS), a NATO maritime-focused military multinational exercise, on June 4, 2018 in Nemirseta on the Baltic Sea in Lithuania. PETRAS MALUKAS/AFP/Getty Images
Jasper Fakkert
Jasper Fakkert
Editor-in-Chief, U.S. Editions
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President Donald Trump on June 10 highlighted the difference in contributions to NATO between Germany and the United States.

“The U.S. pays close to the entire cost of NATO-protecting many of these same countries that rip us off on Trade,” Trump said in a tweet.

Jasper Fakkert
Jasper Fakkert
Editor-in-Chief, U.S. Editions
Jasper Fakkert is the editor-in-chief of the U.S. editions of The Epoch Times. He holds a Bachelor's degree in Communication Science and a Master's degree in Journalism. With more than a decade of experience at The Epoch Times, Fakkert has played a key role in expanding the publication’s reach, ensuring readers are provided with independent and insightful news coverage.
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