Trump lands in Belgium after calling its capital Brussels a ‘hellhole’ and will attend Nato summit despite saying allience was ‘obsolete’
By David Martosko, U.S. Political Editor
DailyMail.com
24 May 2017
President Trump landed in Brussels Wednesday afternoon in the latest stop of his first foreign trip, touching down in a city he had previously called a ‘hellhole’.
His first meeting was with Belgium’s prime minister, Charles Michel, who greeted him as Air Force One landed.
But the main focus of his trip to the Belgian capital is for a Nato summit.
Trump was harshly critical of NATO as a candidate, declaring the military alliance ‘obsolete.’
He has also criticized member countries for not following NATO guidelines to spend at least 2 percent of their gross domestic product on defense.
The president has been similarly critical of Brussels, the Belgian capital that is home to both the NATO and European Union headquarters. After the city’s recent struggles with terrorism, Trump called Brussels a ‘hellhole.’
Brussels is Trump’s fourth stop on his maiden overseas tour. His fifth and final stop will be Sicily, where he’ll meet with the leaders of the Group of 7 wealthy nations.
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