A relaxed Donald Trump stated Nato’s choice to extend defence spending to five% of GDP was a “large win” for western civilisation in a digressive press convention at a summit in The Hague the place he reaffirmed the US’s dedication to the army alliance.
There was each signal that the cautious setup of the summit – during which most allies in Europe and Canada dedicated billions extra on defence – had labored to maintain Trump sure in to the alliance, with the US president praising Mark Rutte, its secretary common, and an evening the place he “slept lovely” within the Dutch king’s palace.
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