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NATO chief says Trump’s funding gripes having ‘real results’
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Agence France-Presse -
January 28, 2019 31


NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg said Sunday that US President Donald Trump’s regular complaints about the alliance had not undermined it — adding that his criticism on defense spending was having a positive impact.

Trump has frequently blasted members of the 29-nation western security partnership for not paying more into their national defense budgets.

Before taking office, he called NATO “obsolete” and recent media reports said he spoke to senior officials last year about pulling out.

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