Trump drops threat to leave NATO, ‘very happy’ with spending commitments

Published July 12, 2018 11:57am ET



President Trump on Thursday dropped his threat to leave the North Atlantic Treaty Alliance and said he was “very happy” with NATO’s recommitment to ensuring members spend at least 2 percent of their GDP on defense spending.

“I let them know, yesterday I let them know that I was extremely unhappy with what was happening and they have substantially upped their commitment,” Trump said Thursday. “Now we’re very happy and we’ll have a very strong, very powerful NATO.”

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