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Donald Trump: “Spain... in NATO would not agree to go up to 5%.”

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Trump cuts off trade with Spain as Iran intensifies

Published | Video Starts at 09:08

Spain has absolutely nothing that we need other than great people. They have great people, but they don't have great leadership. And as you know, they were the only country that Spain... in NATO would not agree to go up to 5%. I don't think they would have agreed to go up to anything. They wanted to keep it at 2% and they don't pay the 2%. (09:08–09:58)

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Asserts that Spain did not agree to increase its NATO spending to 5%.

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