Zero Hedge: Spot The Odd One Out - NATO 'Defense' Expenditure
As world leaders descended on Brussels for the first in-person NATO summit since the start of the pandemic, plenty of topics were on the agenda in the Belgian capital but the focus was firmly set to be on President Biden.
As Statista's Niall McCarthy notes, Biden's most important task was to reassure NATO allies after his predecessor lambasted several members for not paying their fair share on defense, even going as far as threatening to pull the United States out of the alliance.
Biden also had serious discussions with Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan, with both leaders attempting to repair a growing rift as a result of the White House recognizing the Armenian genocide as well as due to Washington kicking Turkey out of the F-35 program in the wake of Ankara's decision to purchase Russian S-400 surface-to-air missiles.
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WNU Editor: The media narrative is that Europe overwhelming supports President Biden. Of course they do. He is giving them everything that they want, not only defense spending, but on the removal of tariffs .... EU-US ties: Undoing Donald Trump's trade war (DW).
