Donald Trump asks journalist at a press conference most obvious question as CNN film him in The Hague

This week President Donald Trump asked a journalist at a press conference the most obvious question ever as he attended NATO's annual summit at The Hague

President Donald Trump posed a rude and obvious question to one journalist that was in attendance during his appearance at The Hague this week.

On Wednesday, June 25, CNN shared a live broadcast as Trump spoke at the NATO's annual summit in the Netherlands. During the press conference the president went on to answer a series of hard-hitting questions from the media.

But as one woman raised her hand to pose a question about NATO new defense spending, Trump posed the obvious and strange question to ask the reporter if she is actually a reporter. Looking into the crowd of journalists, Trump said: "All right one more, lets go. How about you go ahead? She looks so happy and everything. Thank you that's why I picked her."

After Trump called on the reporter, she said: "I'm from La Vanguardia. I wanted to know if you're aware I'm from Spain?" To which Trump replied: "I do like Spain by the way. I think it's unfair by the way that they're not paying but you go ahead."

The 79-year-old politician then went on to joke: "Are you going to negotiate directly with Spain? I'm going to do it myself. They're going to pay. They'll pay more money this way. You should tell them to go back and pay."

Trump then asked the journalist: "You're a reporter? You tell them to go back. They ought to join all of those countries that are paying 5%."

This comment comes as NATO leaders agreed to boost defense investment to 5% of gross domestic product every year by 2035, following demands by Trump. After the announcement, Spain said that they are unable to meet the 5% target, but agreed to review of spending in 2029 to monitor progress and reassess the security threat posed by Russia.

Addressing Spain's decision to opt out, Trump accused the country of "wanting a free ride" as other NATO nations have already agreed to the increase defense spending. Some of the countries that have already agreed to this new goal include Poland, the Baltic states, Nordic countries, Britain, France, Germany, Canada, and the Netherlands.

During the press conference, Trump branded the decision by the Spanish government as "terrible" and singled them out as the only country that refused to meet the mark. Trump went on to add: "They're the only country out of all the countries that refuses to pay. I don't know what the problem is. So we're negotiating with Spain on a trade deal and we're going to make them pay twice as much."

NATO has announced that they plan to review this new 5% target - which increased from the former 2% - in 2029. The decision to review the target in 2029 is scheduled to take place after the next US presidential election.

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