Trump's National Security Adviser Robert O'Brien said Germany and other NATO members 'not paying their fair share' of defense spending is breaking up the alliance.
this week that NATO is suffering a"brain death" because of a lack of American support and resolve to stay together. Macron placed doubt on the U.S.-led alliance's security agreement that an attack on one nation would be viewed as an attack on all member countries. Macron's negative outlook on NATO's future prompted German Foreign Minister Heiko Maas to warn France or any other dissenting allies of undermining NATO.
"The United States taxpayer and the taxpayer of eight of the NATO countries that are spending their 2 percent on national defense, we spend over 4 percent, they're doing the right things," O'Brien continued."But there are a bunch of countries including Germany and others that aren't paying their fair share. It's not right for the American taxpayer to have to defend these countries that don't want to defend themselves.
"Turkey is a member of NATO. Turkey plays a very import geo-political role for our friends in Europe, for ourselves...Losing Turkey as an ally is something that is not good for Europe or for the United States.
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