Trump: Iran killing ‘thousands’ for protesting, world has to be watching
US President Donald Trump said on Tuesday that Iran
was killing thousands of people for protesting and urged the world to take more
notice.
“Iran is killing perhaps thousands and thousands of
people right now as we speak, that is why they cut off the internet so people
can’t see what is going on,” Trump said during a visit to London for a NATO
Summit.
“Not just small numbers which are bad, big numbers
which are really bad, and really big numbers ... It is a terrible thing and the
world has to be watching.”
He also declared that his French counterpart
Emmanuel Macron's criticism of NATO as "brain dead" was very
insulting, adding that he could see France breaking off from NATO which he
described as a surprise because he believes it needs more protection than
anybody else.
“I do see France breaking off,” Trump told reporters
during a meeting with the head of NATO in London.
“I'm looking at him (French President Emmanuel
Macron) and I'm saying that he needs protection more than anybody and I see him
breaking off. So I'm a little surprised at that.”
Trump and his NATO counterparts were gathering in
London to mark the alliance’s 70th birthday amid deep tensions as spats between
leaders expose a lack of unity that risks undermining the military
organization’s credibility.
Impeachment
Trump also criticized Democrats at the opening of
the NATO meeting calling the impeachment push by his rivals “unpatriotic"
and “a bad thing for our country."
Trump, who commented while meeting with NATO
Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg, has criticized Democrats for holding an
impeachment hearing while he is abroad.
“I think it's very unpatriotic of the Democrats to
put on a performance,” Trump said. “I think it's a bad thing for our country.”
