Trump ad Ankara: "Italy was good, Spain bad but great unity in NATO"

First attacks then the caresses without giving up a few blows. “Spain was very bad” while Italy “was good”. However, in the hall of adults “there was amore in that room, each of the leader he spoke very well, and we kept the most important speeches short, but it’s a shame that the press couldn’t see what we were doing in that room, because they were very intelligent people, and they had a lot good in my heartnot evil, good, and they are doing a great job for their country.”Donald Trumpchange tones and register. If just 24 hours ago the American president said he was “very disappointed” give him European allies, in the press conference at the end of the Ankara summit he praised i leader of the NATO countries.

Trump: “Great unity among allies”

Then he claims theunit of the Alliance. “If you could have seen the respect and the love they breathed in that roomand it was really about love for the country, for our country. I don’t want to name myself, but we were saying we love you. Maybe I don’t know, maybe they were trying to impress me, and in a way they succeeded, because there was an extraordinary unity in that room.”

“Spain was very bad, Italy was good”

“Spain was very bad, but Italy has been good, and almost all countries have been good. They just had a bad time. They didn’t help us. We didn’t need help,” Trump continued at the end of the NATO summit.

“Great success of the NATO summit”

“We just completed a NATO summit very successful here in Türkiye. And I want to thank the president Erdoganwho is truly a great man. He is a great leader”, Trump said again. Erdogan “is a friend of mine, has been for a long time. He’s a strong person, with a very strong personality, and that’s why he governs such an efficient and well-organized country, and I would say it’s a really great country from a military point of view.”

Trump: “We are first in defense spending”

At the center of the summit is the issue of defense spending. “Last year we reached an unprecedented agreement to increase annual defense spending, which is the benchmark, from 2% to 5% of GDP, which everyone thought was impossible,” Trump claimed.

“And now – he comments – everyone thanks me, and most of the countries have given their consent. There are a couple of them that haven’t, but I have the feeling that they will, and in fact today they were very positive. One of them, in particular, didn’t consider me a good member of the team.”

“But today he proved himself to be an excellent member of the team, because all the leaders understand very well that the United States remains by far the largest contributor to NATO in economic terms, and perhaps also in other areas, and the strongest military power in the world. And they respect us as a country. Now everyone is moving towards the 5% spending,” he further stated.

“America is back to being respected”

“In every conversation I had it was clear that theAmerica is backand we are stronger, bigger and better than ever. We have more jobs and are respected again like perhaps never before. We are so respected as a country,” the American president said.