BRUSSELS — President Trump on May 25 punctured any illusions that he was on a fence-mending tour of Europe, declining to explicitly endorse NATO’s mutual defense pledge and lashing out at fellow members for what he called their “chronic underpayments” to the alliance.
New York Times: In NATO speech, Trump is vague about mutual defense pledge
US President Donald Trump (R) shakes hands with EU foreign policy chief Federica Mogherini (L) during a meeeting with EU officials at the European Union Headquarters, on the sidelines of the NATO (North Atlantic Treaty Organization) summit, in Brussels, on May 25.
