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Donald Trump: “The NATO countries were disappointing in that regard, but…”

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

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President Trump Participates in a Bilateral Meeting with the President of the Republic of Turkey

Published | Video Starts at 08:56

Well, whether to be talking about that. Impose other sanctions on Russia, even if not all NATO countries stop purchasing Russian oil, We're going to be seeing about that. The NATO countries were disappointing in that regard, but they've been very amazing in other ways. They did, as you know, they went from 2% to 5% GDP, and that's a big step. And it's paid. I mean, they have the money there, and we're selling a tremendous amount of military equipment to NATO. (08:56–09:03)

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Asserts that NATO countries have been disappointing in some aspects but impressive in others.

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