President Donald Trump’s participation in this week’s NATO summit was well-received and represented a significant victory for him, contrasting with similar meetings during his previous administration.
‘This has been a hugely successful summit for President Trump.’
In 2018, when Trump was pushing NATO allies to meet their then-target of 2% of GDP for defense spending, he got into a spat with German officials after he scolded the country for cutting an oil and gas deal with Russian President Vladimir Putin. He accused Germany of being “totally controlled by Russia,” calling it a “very bad thing for NATO.”
The following year, several allies — then-Prime Minister of Canada Justin Trudeau, then-Prime Minister of the United Kingdom Boris Johnson, and President of France Emmanuel Macron — were caught on camera
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