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Thursday, July 12, 2018
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Thursday, July 12, 2018
Trump says US pullout from NATO ‘unnecessary’
Add ToI as a Preferred Source on GoogleUS President Donald Trump says he probably can withdraw the US from NATO but that such a step is “unnecessary.”
Earlier reports said Trump had threatened during the NATO summit in Brussels to pull the US out of the military alliance in a dispute over defense spending.
Trump says at a news conference that he was “extremely unhappy” with the situation, but that alliance members have upped their commitment in response to his complaints.
Asked whether he’s still threatening to pull out of NATO and whether he can do so without buy-in from Congress, Trump said: “I think I probably can but that’s unnecessary.”
— AP
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