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Donald Trump: “We spend hundreds of billions of dollars a year on NATO…”

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President Trump Delivers Remarks at the Future Investment Initiative

Published | Video Starts at 1:14:16

But I think a tremendous mistake was when NATO just wasn't there. They just weren't there. It's going to make a lot of money for the United States because We spend hundreds of billions of dollars a year on NATO, hundreds of protecting them. And we would have always been there for them. But now, based on their actions, I guess we don't have to be, do we? Mr. President, that sounds like a breaking story. (1:14:16–1:14:22)

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