"I think that the secretary general has made clear that he also views it as a priority to get allies to shoulder a greater burden of defense investment and so the president and secretary general are likely to see eye to eye on that issue", the official said.
"I complained about that a long time ago and they made a change".
Donald Trump has backtracked on criticism of Nato, saying the organisation is "no longer obsolete". "And it's going to have to be either readjusted to take care of terrorism or we're going to have to set up a new - a new coalition, a new group of countries to handle terrorism because terrorism is out of control".
This seemingly diplomatic stance is a sharp contrast to Trump's former opinions regarding North Atlantic Treaty Organisation, once again proving that all of Trump's old tweets will eventually come back to haunt him.
President Donald Trump on Wednesday said US relations with Russian Federation could have recently hit an "all-time low" as the two world powers clash over a sarin gas attack in Syria. "So they have started to move in the right direction", Stoltenberg said Wednesday, adding that next year, eight of the 28 nations would be spending 2 percent, up from five last year. Trump said, motioning to Stoltenberg.
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Trump praised Secretary of State Rex Tillerson's performance at a meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin and Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov in Moscow earlier in the day.
Trump also indicated that he might still be looking to recoup funds from allies who have not historically met that spending goal.
"We'll be talking about that", Trump quipped with a wide smile as he looked over at Stoltenberg.
At Wednesday's press conference, Trump defended his decision to launch 59 missiles at the Syrian airbase in response to last weeks chemical attack in the rebel-held town of Khan Sheikhoun in Syria's Idlib, that killed over 80 people and wounding scores of others. "With me, I believe they're going to pay", he told NBC News in July 2016. The president said the talks went "pretty well".
"For the first time of the many, many years of decline in defense spending, we now see an increase in defense spending across Europe and Canada". That attack prompted a retaliatory USA missile strike. The U.S.is fighting a unilateral counterterrorism battle in Afghanistan and participating in a NATO-led effort to train, advise and assist Afghan forces.
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