U utorak, prije NATO summita u Bruxellesu, predsjednik Europske komisije Donald Tusk reagirajući na kritiku predsjednika Trumpa upućenoj europskim zemljama zbog premalog trošenja na vlastitu obranu, uvrijedio je Trumpa i Ameriku odbrusivši: “Draga Amerika, cijeni svoje saveznike. Nakon svega, nemate ih baš previše”.
Tusk je nastavio: “Novac je važan, ali istinska solidarnost je važnija. Govoreći o solidarnosti, želim odbaciti argument američkog predsjednika koji govori da samo SAD štiti Europu od neprijatelja i da je SAD gotovo sama u toj borbi.”
Tusk je pojačao napad na Twitteru:
Dear @realDonaldTrump. US doesn’t have and won’t have a better ally than EU. We spend on defense much more than Russia and as much as China. I hope you have no doubt this is an investment in our security, which cannot be said with confidence about Russian & Chinese spending 🙂
— Donald Tusk (@eucopresident) July 10, 2018
Trump je također podijelio svoje mišljenje na Twitteru:
Getting ready to leave for Europe. First meeting – NATO. The U.S. is spending many times more than any other country in order to protect them. Not fair to the U.S. taxpayer. On top of that we lose $151 Billion on Trade with the European Union. Charge us big Tariffs (& Barriers)!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) July 10, 2018
NATO countries must pay MORE, the United States must pay LESS. Very Unfair!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) July 10, 2018
Many countries in NATO, which we are expected to defend, are not only short of their current commitment of 2% (which is low), but are also delinquent for many years in payments that have not been made. Will they reimburse the U.S.?
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) July 10, 2018
The European Union makes it impossible for our farmers and workers and companies to do business in Europe (U.S. has a $151 Billion trade deficit), and then they want us to happily defend them through NATO, and nicely pay for it. Just doesn’t work!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) July 10, 2018
