Donald Trump weighed into the war of words on the state of NATO, wasting no time to hit back at Emmanuel Macron’s “brain death” claims.

Speaking at a breakfast session alongside NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg at the US ambassador’s residence in London ahead of Wednesday’s leaders meeting, Trump said that Macron’s comments were “very insulting” and that he was “very surprised” by those remarks.

“I heard that President Macron said that NATO was brain dead. I think that is very insulting to a lot of different forces. It has a great purpose. Nobody needs NATO more than France. Frankly, the one that benefits the least is the United States. When France makes a statement like they did against NATO, it’s a very dangerous statement to make”, - said Trump.