Wednesday, February 8, 2017

Trump’s Call With France Didn’t Go So Well; Trump Demanded Money From France, Obsessed



President Donald Trump spent much of a recent phone call with French President Francois Hollande veering off into rants about the U.S. getting shaken down by other countries, according to a senior official with knowledge of the call, reports Politico.

At one point, Trump declared that the French can continue protecting NATO, but that the U.S. “wants our money back,” the official said, adding that Trump seemed to be “obsessing over money.”

“It was a difficult conversation, because he talks like he’s speaking publicly,” the official said. “It’s not the usual way heads of state speak to each other. He speaks with slogans, and the conversation was not completely organized.”

The White House has provided a sanitized readout of the call with Hollande, presenting it as a focused conversation with Trump expressing his support for NATO. “President Trump reaffirmed the U.S. commitment to NATO and noted the importance of all NATO Allies sharing the burden on defense spending,” the release read.

-RW

1 comment:

  1. If I was the taxpayer steward I would be obsessed about money too. Perhaps this will end with countries saying "Keep your NATO, we are going to exit NATO."

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