He got these countries, the 28 countries at the time to pay up. He said, I've never seen, he's the head of NATO. He said, I've never seen. For years, we were paying almost, almost all of NATO. We were being ripped off by european nations both on trade and on NATO. I got them to pay up by saying one of the statements you made before, if you don't pay, we're not going to protect you. (1:10:01–1:10:05)
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Asserts that the U.S. was paying almost all of NATO's expenses.
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