U.S. President Donald Trump is assuring that the United States will "help" with European defense but repeated his insistence that nations on the continent pay their fair share.
Trump and French President Emmanuel Macron met Saturday after a public spat over the French leader's suggestion that Europe should rely less on the United States.
Trump said that Macron "understands that the United States can only do so much." But he also made clear that the U.S. was not disengaging, declaring "we want to help."
Macron has fashioned himself something of a "Trump whisperer" in Europe and has forged a close relationship with the president.
Their meeting Saturday, however, included declarations of friendship but lacked their previous over-the-top displays of warmth.
