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Donald Trump: “Every other country in NATO raised up to 5%.”

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

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President Trump Participates in a Bilateral Lunch with the President of the Argentine Republic

Published | Video Starts at 55:15

Would you support that? Does NATO consider expelling Spain? Oh. I'm very unhappy with Spain. They're the only country that didn't raise up their number to 5%. Every other country in NATO raised up to 5%. And Spain is doing very well off our backs. So I'm not happy with Spain. Spain gets protection and they know, you know, look, they're sort of in the semi middle of it, so they're going to get protected automatically. (55:15–55:20)

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Asserts that all NATO countries except Spain have increased their defense spending to 5%.

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