Russian President Vladimir Putin told the French newspaper Le Figaro on Tuesday that he agrees with President Donald Trump's stance on NATO's defense spending.
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Putin says Trump is right to ask NATO countries to spend more on defense
Putin is no stranger to trolling the US.
Russian President Putin smiles during joint press conference with Italian PM Gentiloni following their meeting at Bocharov Ruchei state residence in Sochi
According to Politico, NATO officials were hoping Trump would confirm that the organization's biggest threat was countering Russian aggression in eastern Europe.
"Putin will be thrilled at Trump's refusal to endorse Article 5," Tom Wright, the director of the Center on the United States and Europe and a fellow in the Project on International Order and Strategy at the Brookings Institution, tweeted. "Unimaginable under any other president."
German Chancellor Angela Merkel even said on Sunday that Germany can no longer fully rely on the US.
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