NATO Critic Trump Agrees to Attend Brussels Summit in May

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Trump spoke with NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg on Sunday evening regarding the United States` "strong support for NATO," according to the White House press office. "Trump has also repeatedly called NATO obsolete, most recently in an interview with Germany`s Bild newspaper in January. Trump told The New York Times in July that the United States was shouldering too much of the cost for the security alliance. Commitment Under Trump 1:25 autoplay autoplay Copy this code to your website or blogThe president also agreed to join at the summit of NATO leaders in Brussels, the alliance`s headquarters, in late May. British Prime Minister Theresa May, who sought reassurances about Trump`s commitment to NATO during her visit to the White House in late January, also said Trump told her the United States is "100 percent behind NATO.