The White House says Trump has fundamentally changed NATO by pushing America's allies to shoulder more of the defense burden rather than relying overwhelmingly on US Taxpayers. The administration argues that increased defense spending by NATO members is now helping American manufacturing and strengthening the US Defense industrial base as well. Trump also announced that the United States will license Ukraine to manufacture Patriot missile defense systems, while leaving open the possibility of future F35 sales to Turkey as well. (07:55–08:06)
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Asserts that increased NATO defense spending benefits U.S. manufacturing and defense industry.
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