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| Speaking with journalists at the NATO summit in Brussels, Donald Trump said he "thinks" he can pull out of NATO without congressional approval. | Speaking with journalists at the NATO summit in Brussels, Donald Trump said he "thinks" he can pull out of NATO without congressional approval. |
| The US president made the statement when asked if he had threatened to pull out of the alliance, and whether he thought he could do so without first consulting Congress. | |
| Trump ignored the first question, but on the second question, he said, “I think I can.” | |
| According to Politico, Trump warned his allies behind closed doors that they would need to radically increase defense spending or the US “will do our own thing.” NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg then reportedly shifted the meeting to an allies-only emergency session, requiring European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker to leave the room. | |
| After the emergency session, Trump said that the alliance is “very unified, very strong, no problem.” | |
| Trump turned NATO’s annual summit – usually a scripted snore – into a sparring match between old allies. The US president has been particularly critical of Germany, accusing Berlin of relying on the US for security while not paying enough into NATO’s coffers. |