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Donald Trump: “Canada is in default in NATO. I mean, they pay the lowest…”

Featuring: Donald Trump, Republican | President of the United States | National

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Published | Video Starts at 08:17

They're sailing all over and we're going to stop that. But if you're a Canadian and you pay much lower taxes, you have much better military protection. You know, Canada is in default in NATO. I mean, they pay the lowest number of any country for NATO. and it's not fair. You know why they do that? Because they think America is going to protect them automatically. We can't do that anymore. (08:17–08:25)

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Asserts that Canada pays the least among NATO countries and is in default.

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