Donald Trump on Tuesday (December 3rd) "Very insulting" the judgment of " brain death " by French President Emmanuel Macron on the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO), before the start of its summit of the 70e birthday, in London. This is an opinion "Very, very bad at 28 countries"added the US President at a press conference with Secretary General of the Atlantic Alliance, Jens Stoltenberg.
Emmanuel Macron had judged, on November 7, in an interview with the English weekly The Economist, NATO in a state of " brain death ". A commentary in response to the Turkish offensive in northeastern Syria, launched by Ankara without any consultation with its allies, but with the assent of the US president.
During the same press briefing, Donald Trump told himself " very surprised " by the statement of Emmanuel Macron, judging her "Very dangerous" for France. "Nobody needs NATO more than France", he said. "France needs NATO", he insisted again. Donald Trump will meet with Mr. Macron during the day on Tuesday and say he wants to talk about it.
The French President, for his part, assumes "Totally" his criticism. He told NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg on a visit to Paris on Thursday. Emmanuel Macron further deplored that the last two summits were "Only devoted to how we could lighten the financial cost for the United States". Meanwhile, "Strategic questions about peace in Europe, the relationship with Russia, the subject of Turkey, or who is the enemy (from NATO) have not been resolved »he said.
