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Derrick Van Orden: “Germany's still not [contributing 2% of their GDP to…”

Featuring: Derrick Van Orden, Republican | U.S. House, Wisconsin, District 3

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Published | Video Starts at 05:51

So imagine what every, what the posture, security posture in Europe would look like if all members of NATO who promised 10 years ago they'd be contributing 2% of their GDP to defense. Germany's still not [contributing 2% of their GDP to defense]. doing it. So there's the trust but verify. Now they're getting together saying that they're going to take on more of their own collective defense. We're in the verify portion of that. (05:51–05:53)

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Asserts that Germany is not meeting its NATO defense spending commitment.

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