he spoke to reporters about his summit plan while unloading on two of his favorite targets, germany and the media. a lot of good people here, surprising. it s also your leadership and your message. i think it s very sad when germany makes a massive oil and gas deal with russia where you are supposed to be guarding against russia and germany goes out and pays billions and becomes a year to russia. so we re protecting germany, we re protecting france, all of these countries and then numerous of the countries go out and make a pipeline deal with russia where they re paying billions of dollars into the coiffeurs of russia. so we re supposed to protect you against russia, but they re paying becomes of dollars to
russia. i think that s very inappropriate. the former chancellor of germany is the head of the pipeline supplying gas. ultimately germany will have almost 70% of their country controlled by russia with natural gas. so you tell me, that appropriate? i mean, i have been complaining about this from the time i got here. it never should have been allowed to have happened. but germany is totally controlled by russia. let s go live to london to national correspondent cal perry. i would imagine in that sum briefing book, there wasn t much mentioned about this pipeline deal. . here you have the president of the occupation bringing this up at the beginning of the summit. this is the first item on the agenda. not sure why he thought the secretary general would be the person he should be talking about this issue. how extraordinary this was the president of the occupation talking about an allie, germany and this deal in that first meeting at the start of the
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pipeline deal with russia where they re paying billions of dollars into the coiffeurs of russia. so we re supposed to protect you against russia, but they re paying billions of dollars to russia. i think that s very inappropriate. the former chancellor of germany is the head of the pipeline company that s supplying the gas. it s ultimately germany will have almost 70% of their country controlled by russia with natural gas. so you tell me, is that appropriate? we have been complaining about this from the time i got here? it should have never been allowed to have happened. but germany is totally controlled by russia. and, of course, many of you know, trump s european trip is coming at a time of heightened tensions between the u.s. and nato allies spurred by trump s trade wars there. a crusade on defense spending as well, pasting allied leaders and his curious relationship with russia s vladimir putin, who he is meeting with post-nato next