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Donald Trump: “That amounted to more than $600 billion.”

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

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Full interview Donald Trump details his plans for Day 1 and beyond in the White House

Published | Video Starts at 1:03:56

I said to the countries, I'm not going to protect you unless you pay. And they started paying, and That amounted to more than $600 billion. That's a big thing. Otherwise they wouldn't even be fighting. They wouldn't have any money to fight. If they're paying their bills and if I think they're doing a fair, they're treating us fairly, the answer is, absolutely, I'd stay with NATO. (1:03:56–1:04:00)

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Asserts that the amount secured for NATO exceeded $600 billion.

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