The following article by Amanda Erickson was posted on the Washington Post website March 18, 2017:
Fresh off the heels of a dust-up with Britain, President Trump attacked another key ally — Germany.
At a news conference Friday with German Chancellor Angela Merkel, Trump “reiterated” his “need for our NATO allies to pay their fair share for the cost of defense.” He followed up Saturday with an impolitic double-barreled tweet shot, writing that Germany owes America “vast sums of money” for NATO. And, he argued, the country should pay more “for the powerful, and very expensive, defense it provides.” Continue reading “No, Germany doesn’t owe America ‘vast sums’ of money for NATO”