NATO chief Mark Rutte on Wednesday credited President Donald Trump with forcing European governments to lift their defence spending and rely less on U.S. taxpayer dollars for their survival.
Rutte told an audience at the World Economic Forum (WEF) in Davos, Switzerland, Trump has laid down the architecture for their mutual military survival and that should be acknowledged.
“Without Donald Trump, this would never have happened,” Rutte said, pointing to the drive from Trump to rectify poor European spending.
“He has forced us in Europe to step up, to face the consequences that we have to take care more of our own defence.”
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