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STUTTGART – President Donald Trump on Saturday demanded that Berlin increase financial support to pay for the “protection” the U.S. military provides to NATO ally Germany.

Trump, one day after meeting with German Chancellor Angela Merkel in Washington, took to Twitter on Saturday to blast the longtime U.S. ally for not investing enough in NATO and not doling more dollars to Washington directly.

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