American President Donald Trump on the eve of the NATO summit, which are to be implemented 11-12 of July in Brussels, He hinted, that the United States may demand compensation for late payments of European countries. This record US President made on his Twitter page.
In his record US leader says, that many NATO countries repeatedly overdue in their payments to the budget of the North Atlantic Alliance, in connection with which today it raises the question of compensation of the United States of those funds, they have invested in the development of weapons and the alliance. Trump said, that many of the countries, that the United States undertook to defend within the alliance, not only failed to fulfill their obligations to defense spending in two percent of the GDP of their state, but at the same time do not make payments in the NATO budget, repeatedly overstaying their payments.
Judging by the statements of Donald Trump, Washington considers as a priority the issue of cash injections into the NATO budget, and that this issue will be a major issue at the upcoming NATO summit.
Recall, Earlier, German Chancellor Angela Merkel urged NATO countries to increase revenues in the defense budgets of countries, while not forcing achieve two-percent deductions for military needs of the country.
