White House criticizes NATO because of the "lack of effectiveness"

White House criticizes NATO because of the "lack of effectiveness"

By Roudao 18 minutes ago



Sean Spicer

Roudao - Erbil

He criticized the White House, NATO , "NATO", describing it as "unable to perform his duties effectively."

He said the White House spokesman, Sean Spicer, in a press brief held in Washington, "the president," Donald Trump "was very clear is that what the NATO structure, which it is now, the dysfunctional required him to task, or that specifically ineffective ".

Trump complained days of his campaign, which the United States spends on NATO, and called on the rest of the alliance members to spend more just like him in his country.

Spicer said that US Secretary of Defense James Mattis, "and others have some ideas about how to repair and make an organization like NATO, more effective utilization of the money that the United States of specialization in this area, whether it be in NATO or the United Nations or other organizations like it."

He stressed that the US president "is not happy with what he sees from the contribution of the United States (financial) compared to the results obtained by the (NATO)."

The White House made the remarks at odds with his defense minister James Mattis, who expressed in a call with his British counterpart for "the support of the United States who does not waver for NATO," according to a statement to the spokesman of the Ministry of Defense Geoff Davis position.

According to the Pentagon, Mathis has spoken with the commander of NATO Jens Stoltenberg to express his "importance that the alliance."

It is noteworthy that Mathis took over the restructuring of NATO's mission in 2007.

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