A tense start at the top of the Atlantic in Brussels with an attack on Germany

The hostile tone of US President Donald Trump against Germany is high with the NATO summit in Brussels, which he opened Wednesday morning with a meeting of the Secretary-General of NATO Jens Stoltenberg, The pipeline "North Stream" and "the adoption of Germans against the Russians" after his criticism of the European country's budget to NATO and the inflation of its exports.

While an Atlantic official had told news agencies that everything was ready for the summit, its final declaration, projects and commitments, with reference to the tension between Washington and the states. European Union to "the alliance" will not affect the agenda, fear prevails, as reported by Associated Press, that the escalation of rhetoric, "Trumpi" hostile to the To get a kind of break between the two countries. The first NATO summit in Brussels, a bitter attack on Germany, accusing it of "enriching Russia", which responded to German Chancellor Angela Merkel, claiming that her country made its decisions in the form of "independent"

On the largest economic power of the European Union, that "Germany enriches Russia.It is the hostage of Russia", stressing that "the" Germany is entirely under Russia's control, it pays billions of dollars to Russia to secure its energy supplies, and we have to defend them against Russia.How can this be explained ?, For its part, the German Chancellor has declared on his arrival at the NATO summit in Brussels: "We can adopt our own policies, we can make independent decisions", without naming the US President in a direct form.

"Germany does a lot for NATO. "We are the second largest contingent of troops, and most of our military capabilities are at the service of NATO."

Trump, who will meet with Merkel today, has repeatedly denounced the North Stream Pipeline Project, which will directly connect Russia to Germany. "North Stream 2 is the model of the European countries that provide money to Russia and gives it means that can be used against the security of Poland," said Polish Foreign Minister Jassik Shaputovic, also opposed to the project.

Trump had renewed his general offensive to members of the "alliance" who "do not pay What they have" for military spending, especially considering that "Germany is a rich country, can increase its contribution tomorrow without problem ". He also left Washington with a sarcastic tone that could explain the provocation of his meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin. Helsinki "may be" easier "than the Atlantic summit.

For its part, the Secretary General of the Atlantic" Jens Stoltenberg ", which the US President used" a very direct tone ", but stressed that strengthen the ability of NATO to confront, fight terrorism and share the financial burden more equitably. "

Stoltenberg stressed" Allies want clarification on Trump's intentions before meeting his Russian counterpart. "

"It is very important that President Trump and Vladimir Putin meet," he said. And Russia. Stoltenberg said that all the decisions to be made during the summit were aimed at strengthening NATO's deterrent capacity: "Allies should not increase their spending to please the United States, but because that is not the case. is in their interest. "

Stoltenberg did not want to comment on the cancellation of the Trident Janker maneuvers scheduled for autumn in Norway, which is expected to be the largest in history of NATO since the end of the Cold War, as it could be considered a threat to Russia. 19659015] (AFP, Associated Press)