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Donald Trump: “NATO countries... have just agreed at my very strong…”

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

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President Trump 2026 State of the Union Address & Democratic Response

Published | Video Starts at 1:26:36

And NATO countries are friends and allies. They are. They're our friends and they're our allies. NATO countries... have just agreed at my very strong request, to pay 5% of GDP for military defense. Rather than the 2%, which they weren't paying. We were paying almost all of them. Now they're paying five, as opposed to not paying three. (1:26:36–1:26:50)

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Asserts that NATO countries agreed to increase their military defense spending to 5% of GDP.

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