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Donald Trump: “Spain... wanted to keep it at 2% and they don't pay the 2%.”

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Trump cuts off trade with Spain as Iran intensifies

Published | Video Starts at 09:08

And as you know, they were the only country that in NATO would not agree to go up to 5%. I don't think they would have agreed to go up to anything. They Spain... wanted to keep it at 2% and they don't pay the 2%. So we're going to cut off all trade with Spain. We don't want anything to do with Spain. What is the expectation for what's going on? (09:08–10:05)

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Asserts that Spain wanted to keep its NATO spending at 2% and does not pay even that.

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