NATO Summit Updates: Trump Rips French President, Democrats, More

President Trump was meeting in London with NATO allies Tuesday and kicked off his stay there with a free-wheeling news conference during which he ripped into France's leader, warned that a trade agreement with China could be delayed until after the 2020 U.S. presidential election and railed against the impeachment inquiry.

Here are some updates from the NATO summit:

Trump Targets Macron's 'Brain Death' Comment

President Trump began a two-day summit meeting on Tuesday to mark the 70th anniversary of NATO — strained, in part, by his own brash handling of overseas allies — by stepping into an unlikely role as defender of an alliance he once called “obsolete.”

The New York Times

Trump Calls French President’s Criticism Of NATO ‘Nasty’ And ‘Disrespectful’

LONDON — President Trump on Tuesday slammed as “very, very nasty” and “very disrespectful” recent comments by his French counterpart about the diminished state of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization alliance.

The Washington Post

Trump Warns Trade Talks With China May Last Past 2020 Election

LONDON — President Trump signaled on Tuesday that he was in no rush to end a long trade war with China, suggesting that he could wait until after the 2020 presidential election to strike a deal.
“I have no deadline,” Mr. Trump told reporters during a wide-ranging 52-minute appearance in London with Jens Stoltenberg, the NATO secretary general. “In some ways I like the idea of waiting until after the election for the China deal.”

Trump: Democrats' Impeachment Inquiry 'Unpatriotic'

U.S. President Donald Trump has attacked Democrats' impeachment investigation into his conduct as "very unpatriotic."

Speaking at a Nato summit in London, he said the congressional inquiry was a "bad thing for our country."

"I'm not even thinking about it," the Republican president insisted of the impeachment drama.
A U.S. House of Representatives panel is to release a report on Tuesday laying out the case to remove Mr Trump from office.

The BBC

Trump Says He Doesn’t Know Britain’s Prince Andrew. They Had Breakfast Meeting In June.

LONDON — President Trump said at a news conference on Tuesday that he “doesn’t know” Britain’s Prince Andrew, despite photos of the two taking a walk side by side in June, smiling at Westminster Abbey during the president’s three-day state visit to Britain and attending at least one social gathering several years ago.

The Washington Post