Sen. Chris Coons (D., Del.) commended President Donald Trump on Sunday for pressuring NATO allies to increase their own defense spending.
"First, let me commend President Trump for having gotten $14 billion of more investment in their national defense in our collective security by NATO members by pressing them harder than before," Coons said.
Last week, Trump embarked on a foreign tour that began with a NATO conference, a visit to the United Kingdom and is expected to end with a summit in Finland with Russian President Vladamir Putin. During his trip, Trump has made several disparaging comments about NATO allies like Germany and the U.K. He also criticized the NATO alliance by saying member states are not paying their required amount of money for their defense and asserted they were taking advantage of the United States.
"I think these countries have to step it up, not over a 10-year period, but they have to step it up immediately," Trump said. He signaled out Germany as a "rich country" that immediately increase their defense spending."
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That's not something you hear everday: positive comments about Trump from a Democrat
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ReplyDeleteLil Chrissie Coons saying something positive about the President?
Did he check with Lower Slower's plagiarist favorite son and ex-VP before commenting?
Or perhaps he checked his polling?