President Trump on Friday lashed out at French President Emmanuel Macron — slamming him on Twitter for suggesting that Europe create its own military to protect it from Russia, China and the US.
“President Macron of France has just suggested that Europe build its own military in order to protect itself from the US, China and Russia. Very insulting, but perhaps Europe should first pay its fair share of NATO, which the US subsidizes greatly!” Trump tweeted as he arrived in France to meet with Macron.
On Tuesday, the French president said Europe needed a real army to reduce reliance on the US for defense.
“We have to protect ourselves with respect to China, Russia and even the United States of America,” Macron said on French radio, according to The Wall Street Journal.
Trump, Macron UK Prime Minister Theresa May and scores of other heads of state and government will mark the 100th anniversary of the end of World War I this weekend.
On Sunday, they will gather at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier in Paris on the 11th hour of the 11th day of the 11th month, exactly a century after the armistice that ended hostilities.
With Reuters