‘Rubbing salt in the wounds’: Trump won’t take yes for an answer at NATO

The following article by Philip Rucker, John Hudson and Josh Dawsey was posted on the Washington Post website July 11, 2018:

President Trump checks time prior to a dinner with other leaders at the NATO. Credit: Geert Vanden Wijngaert, AP

BRUSSELS — For a president who loves declaring victory, the NATO summit here Wednesday could have provided a perfect opportunity.

After a year of haranguing by President Trump, Western leaders had agreed to his administration’s long-sought priorities on defense spending and counterterrorism — and were prepared to let him take all the credit.

But Trump had other plans.

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