President Macron defended his comments about NATO in a meeting with President Trump. “When we speak about NATO it’s not just about money,' he said. 'We have to be respectful with our soldiers.”
"I do see France breaking off. I'm looking at him and I'm saying he needs protection more than anybody and I see him breaking off, so I'm a little surprised at that," Trump said.
Trump has himself criticized the international body, previously describing NATO as "obsolete." And in comments just before arriving in the U.K., Trump also called out some of the alliance members as "delinquent," in an apparent reference to the amount of money that some nations spend on defense. In 1966, France, under President Charles de Gaulle, left NATO's military structure, doubting the organization's might against any invasion from the Soviet Union. Full membership by France was restored only 10 years ago.The U.S. leader also took a swipe at France's economy, suggesting with its high unemployment rate that the country was "not doing well economically at all." The unemployment rate in France moved higher to 8.
Trump suggested France was looking to bolster its budget by introducing a digital tax on U.S. tech giants such as
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