Trump says Macron NATO criticism 'very nasty'

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Last Updated : Dec 03 2019 | 4:05 PM IST

US President Donald Trump declared Tuesday that his French counterpart Emmanuel Macron's criticism of NATO as "brain dead" was very insulting.

"NATO serves a great purpose," Trump said, at a joint press appearance with alliance Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg ahead of the allies' summit.

"I think that's very insulting," he said of Macron's comment, branding it a "very, very nasty statement essentially to 28 countries." Trump defended Stoltenberg, boasting that

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