| | President Donald Trump slammed European allies at a summit of NATO leaders on Wednesday, singling out the biggest of them for economic ties to Russia while skimping on defense. "Germany, as far Iâm concerned, is captive to Russia," Trump said. The source of Trump's ire: German support for a pipeline that would bring Russian natural gas through the Baltic Sea to central Europe â even as it spends just 1.24 percent toward the collective defense of NATO allies. Trump's broadside set a combative tone for the two-day summit of the alliance in Brussels.
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