Trump at NATO: From ‘sad’ to ‘tremendous’

Donald Trump threw a tantrum at breakfast — railing against Germany — but by afternoon he seemed to have gotten it out of his system.
Trump used the NATO leaders’ summit in Brussels Wednesday to reiterate his demand for higher military spending by allies — suggesting that even the 2 percent of GDP goal set by allies for 2024 was not sufficient and that 4 percent would be a better target.

Trump’s tone during the formal meeting around the large oval table at NATO headquarters was strikingly different from the tirade against Germany he unleashed at a breakfast with Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg.
At the breakfast, Trump declared that Germany is “totally controlled by Russia” and lashed out at the controversial Nord Stream 2 gas pipeline project..
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