Trump reportedly told allies: ‘NATO is as bad as NAFTA’

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President Trump reportedly told his fellow heads of state that NATO is just “as bad” as the North American Free Trade Agreement during a meeting with G-7 leaders in Canada earlier this month.

“It will be an interesting summit,” Trump said, a source told Axios, relaying a quote from the official transcription of the private meeting as Trump had been discussing the NATO summit in Brussels on July 11-12. “NATO is as bad as NAFTA. It’s much too costly for the U.S,” he added.

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