What, sir? Does America have a future in NATO? Well, NATO has to treat us fairly if they pay their bills and if they do what they're supposed to do. When I first got involved with NATO, as you know, they weren't paying their bills. There were 28 countries, and most of them were in paint, and I got them to pay, and they paid billions and billions of dollars. (45:55–45:59)
CLAIM
Asserts that NATO countries were not paying their bills when Trump first got involved.
This is an excerpt from a raw transcript. The assertions have not been audited or verified. Tap the video to view the source footage and understand the context.
