Trump says NATO is better funded 'only because of me'

President Donald Trump on Tuesday took personal credit for the strength of NATO, an organization he has frequently criticized, and cast his recent meeting with ally countries in a positive light.

The North Atlantic Treaty Organization is better-funded "only because of me," said Trump in a tweet.

"I had a great meeting with NATO," he said in the same tweet. "NATO was weak, but now it is strong again (bad for Russia). The media only says I was rude to leaders, never mentions the money!"