Today, the Baltic states are leaders in almost every category and well on the track to meet NATO defense spending targets. More so, each has donated an average of 13% of their annual defense spending directly to Ukraine. To match Estonia's donation to Ukraine as a percentage of GDP, the United States would need to provide more than a trillion dollars. to Ukraine to defend NATO's eastern flank. All three nations host a NATO enhanced forward presence force, including Germany's first permanent foreign military deployment in decades in Lithuania. (01:08–01:16)
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Asserts that the US would need to donate over a trillion dollars to match Estonia's GDP percentage donation to Ukraine.
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