President Donald Trump began his European tour, during which he visited the NATO summit in Brussels, make a visit to Britain, and then travel to Helsinki to meet with Russian President Vladimir Putin.
Start the visit at the Trump immediately went wrong. None of the senior representatives of the Belgian authorities did not meet the American President: the royal family and Prime Minister observed the semifinal match of the 2018 World Cup in Russia between the Belgian and French teams. The Belgians lost with a score of 0:1.
Trump before departure to Brussels said that, that "the summit can go hard". According to the American President, the complexity associated with the, that "NATO should remain the United States'. Trump has once again raised the question of, that a number of NATO countries do not contribute to the consolidated budget of the North Atlantic military bloc put under statute 2% VVP. US President says, that the situation, in which US taxpayers pay for more security and many other countries of the alliance, can not continue.
Regular claims Trump said Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau. According to the Canadian Prime Minister, Official Ottawa has no plans to double its military budget. The thing is, that the Canadian government over the past year has allocated no defense 2% VVP, as required by the statute of NATO, and only about 1,2%. This caused outrage in Washington.
Trudeau, trying to smooth things over, He stated, that Canada will buy in the near future for the needs of their armed forces 15 frigates and 88 military aircraft, including the F-35 fifth-generation fighter.
Recall, NATO summit starts in Brussels today - 11 July.
