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Donald Trump: “The United States was paying for virtually 100% of NATO.”

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Published | Video Starts at 31:13

We have nothing to do with it. Until I came along, NATO was only supposed to pay 2% of GDP, but they weren't paying. Most of the countries weren't paying anything. The United States was paying for virtually 100% of NATO. And I got that stopped. I said, that's not fair. But then more importantly, I got NATO to pay 5%. And now they were paying, and now they are paying. (31:13–31:19)

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Asserts that the U.S. was paying nearly 100% of NATO's expenses.

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