川普週二晚些時候前往比利時，參加北約峯會
U.S. President Donald Trump is continuing to criticize NATO member nations as he prepares to leave Washington for an alliance summit this week in Belgium.
On Twitter Tuesday morning, he said "The U.S. is spending many times more than any other country in order to protect them. Not fair to the U.S. taxpayer. On top of that we lose $151 Billion on Trade with the European Union. Charge us big Tariffs (& Barriers)!"
Trump has been a harsh critic of NATO since he began campaigning to be the U.S. president. Since taking office in 2017, Trump affirmed the U.S. commitment to the defense of NATO allies, but he has continued to criticize NATO's funding, arguing that Washington is shouldering too much of the financial burden.
During a rally last week in Montana, Trump vowed that he would “tell NATO: ‘You've got to start paying your bills.'” The president also said that Americans were “the schmucks that are paying for the whole thing.''
NATO says the United States funded about 70 percent of its expenses in 2017.
NATO's 29 members contribute funds to the organization according to the size of their economies. Member nations committed in 2006 to spend 2 percent of their gross domestic product on defense by 2024, but NATO estimates that not all members will meet the target.
The upcoming NATO summit on Wednesday and Thursday is the first major summit since the fractious Group of Seven meeting in Canada last month. At the conclusion of that meeting, Trump retracted his endorsement of the group's final joint statement and blasted Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau as "very dishonest and weak."
After meeting with NATO leaders in Brussels, Trump travels to Britain where he will meet with Prime Minister Theresa May and Queen Elizabeth II. Trump meets Russian President Vladimir Putin in Helsinki on July 16 the final stop of his European trip.美國總統川普在準備離開華盛頓前往比利時參加北約峯會之際，繼續批評北約成員國。
川普7月10日星期二清晨發推特表示：“美國花費遠遠超過任何其他國家來保護他們。對美國納稅人不公平。此外，我們同歐盟貿易失去1510億美元。向我們徵收鉅額關稅(和壁壘)。”
川普自開始競選總統以來一直嚴厲批評北約。自2017年就任總統以來，川普確認美國致力於保衛北約盟友，但繼續批評北約的經費，爭辯說美國承擔過多的經費負擔。
川普上星期在蒙大拿州的一次集會上，堅稱他會“告訴北約：你們得開始付賬單了”。總統還表示，美國民衆是“一直在全部買單的笨人”。
北約表示，北約2017年經費的70%來自美國。北約29個成員國對該組織提供的資金數量，由他們的經濟規模決定。成員國在2006年時決定最遲在2024年將國內生產總值的2%用於北約防務。但北約預計一些成員國將達不到這個目標。
本週三和週四將舉行的北約峯會是自上個月在加拿大舉行有分歧的七國集團峯會之後的第一個主要峯會。在七國峯會結束時，川普收回對最後聯合聲明的認可，並指責加拿大總理特魯多“非常不真誠，非常軟弱” 。
川普在布魯塞爾與北約領導人會面後，將前往英國與特雷莎·梅首相(Theresa May)和英國女王伊麗莎白二世(Queen Elizabeth II)會面。川普在歐洲之行的最後一站，7月16日與俄羅斯總統普京在芬蘭的赫爾辛基會面。
