According to The Sunday Times, the US President has handed German Chancellor Angela Merkel a bill for more than $490 billion which he believes his country has been short-changed over military alliance NATO. Despite what you have heard from the FAKE NEWS, I had a GREAT meeting with German Chancellor Angela Merkel. Nevertheless, Germany owes..... — Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) March 18, 2017...vast sums of money to NATO & the United States must be paid more for the powerful, and very expensive, defense it provides to Germany! Mr Trump is pushing the country and others to invest 2 per cent of their GDP in defence. — Josh Barro (@jbarro) March 26, 2017Sorry Mr President, that's not how NATO works.

Source: New Zealand Herald March 26, 2017 22:30 UTC