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... if you don't pay, we're not going to protect you. Otherwise, we would have never gotten it. He said it was one of the most incredible jobs that he's ever seen done. Thank you. I want to turn to Afghanistan. (1:10:09–1:10:16)
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Asserts that he compelled European nations to increase their NATO contributions by threatening to withdraw protection.
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