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2018 NATO Summit: Trump Attacks Germany as 'Captive to Russia'

| NATO-US Tensions

At the Brussels NATO summit, Trump opens with a broadside against Germany: 'Germany, as far as I'm concerned, is captive to Russia because it's getting so much of its energy from Russia.' He demands allies meet a 4% GDP defense spending target and threatens to 'do his own thing.' A later leaked transcript revealed Trump threatened to 'go it alone' if Germany did not raise spending.