“We are very disappointed with the statement made by France and related to NATO. This is a serious statement that France made a couple of days ago, ”Trump quotes Trump during a press conference following talks with Turkish counterpart Recep Tayyip Erdogan.
Earlier, French Defense Minister Florence Parley clarified that Macron did not mean the death of NATO, but urged to pay attention to the crisis in the alliance.
On November 7, Macron expressed the view that NATO is undergoing a “brain death” and that it is time for Europe to decide its own fate.
Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova called his "golden words" reflecting the current state of NATO.