Look, you have of all NATO nations, almost all of them are 2% right now. But what they've done is, you know, when we were attacked, what happened on 9 11, they all responded, support us. Look, Imagine there being no NATO. Do you think Putin would have stopped at Ukraine? Do we think Putin would have stopped his? I just, I don't understand how they fail to understand that. There's strength in alliances, there's benefits, the cost there, it saves us money overall. (08:10–08:21)
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Implies that NATO's existence is a deterrent to further Russian aggression beyond Ukraine.
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