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Trump: "If France Wants - She Can Leave Nato" Israel today

2019-12-03T18:11:15.389Z


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Opening of NATO conference in UK has become the scene of a clash between US President Trump and his French counterpart Macaron • Trump: "Macaron's comments are ugly, he is a failed economy leader"

  • US President Donald Trump and French President Emmanuel Macron

Those who expected the NATO Alliance meeting in London on Tuesday to be a show of unity and solidarity must have been disappointed after already in the first round of meetings between US President Donald Trump and French President Emmanuel Macron, stiff disagreements were revealed between the leaders.

The US president, for his part, accused the French and the other European allies of not carrying the financial burden required for the maintenance of the military alliance. Trump even said Macron's comments that NATO suffers from "brain death" are "very, very ugly." France is trying to break NATO policy, if it wants it, it can leave the organization. Nobody needs NATO anymore than France, these are very dangerous things to say. "

Trump turned to Macron and said: "You have very high unemployment in France. Your economy is not doing well at all. It's a very difficult statement to make, when your situation in France is so severe. You have to look at what's going on with the yellow vests. You can't turn around and make such belligerent statements. ".

The French president remains indebted, saying he knows his statements about the Alliance's situation "have created a great reaction" but made it clear that he is behind them. Macron told Trump that the problem NATO is suffering from is unrelated to funding and that the alliance's tasks must be carefully considered.

A controversy has also surfaced between the two leaders regarding Turkey's conduct, the Alliance and holding one-third of the military force at the disposal of the NATO alliance. Macron attacked Turkish behavior in northeastern Turkey while Trump took a different approach. "Turkey couldn't be nicer. They are very helpful to us, very supportive, ”he said during the joint press conference with Macron.

Speaking about the US withdrawal from Syria, Trump said: "I really wanted to get our soldier out of there. But I really wanted to keep the oil." Who tried to mediate between the two was NATO Secretary General Janes Stoltenberg, who said: "I do not expect both sides to formulate a uniform relation to the Ankara issue, but we have always been able to unite around our joint mission."

Source: israelhayom

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