Angela Merkel ignores NATO defense pledge, snubbing US demands to spend more GDP

Angela Merkel ignores NATO defense pledge, snubbing US demands to spend more GDP



The leader of Germany, Europe’s wealthiest country, has once again rejected U.S. requests to keep a promise to spend 2 percent of its GDP on defense so as to ensure the continued viability of the NATO alliance.

August 14, 2019 at 07:03PMvia FOX NEWS https://ift.tt/2Z15sJr https://ift.tt/2Z3o0sE