Here's what you need to know about Trump's complaints to NATO allies about defense spending
by David S. Cloud, Los Angeles Times
Jul 11, 2018
4 minutes
WASHINGTON - U.S. officials have harangued European allies for decades for failing to spend enough on defense. But President Donald Trump has turned up the attacks as he heads to Wednesday's summit at NATO headquarters in Brussels, raising fears that he is determined to provoke a crisis over funding of the military alliance created after World War II.
Question: What's Trump's problem with the North Atlantic Treaty Organization?
Answer: He has complained in tweets and speeches for years that most European countries and Canada are freeloading on the United States, which he said this month is paying for "90 percent
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