French President Emmanuel Macron has denied President Trump’s claim that NATO allies have agreed to boost defense spending beyond 2 percent of gross domestic product, the AP reports.

Said Macron: “There is a communique that was published yesterday. It’s very detailed. It confirms the goal of 2 percent by 2024. That’s all.”

Macron also denied reports that Trump threatened to withdraw the United States from the NATO military alliance in a dispute over funding.

President Trump “strongly recommitted American support for NATO,” saying that he “had won great concessions from allies on military spending, though he did not offer any details,” the New York Times reports.

Said Trump: “The United States was not being treated fairly, but now we are. I told people that I’d be very unhappy if they did not up their commitments very substantially.”

“But if his public remarks were friendly, the tone behind closed doors was much harsher.”

“Trump was in a good mood, he said Europe is a continent he appreciates and which has to develop its defense spending further. But he has WiFi on the plane, so we will have to see in the end.”

— Luxembourg Prime Minister Xavier Bettel, quoted by the Wall Street Journal, on the NATO dinner last night.

“President Trump upended the NATO summit here Thursday by calling an emergency meeting of leaders and threatening that if all member countries do not immediately increase their defense spending commitments, the United States would go it alone,” the Washington Post reports.

“It was not clear whether Trump was threatening a U.S. withdrawal from NATO, but some diplomats perceived his comments that way.”

“Trump told NATO leaders that if they did not meet their defense spending targets of 2 percent of gross domestic product by January, the United States would go it alone… The officials said Trump threatened to ‘do his own thing.’”

Politico: “Some officials urged caution in interpreting Trump’s remarks, but say allies clearly heard a threat.“