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Ron Johnson: “Europeans have just relied on the US to fund most of [NATO]…”

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That's been the problem with NATO, as successful as it has been, that the Europeans have just relied on the US to fund most of [NATO] to be their defense shield. And that's just not going to work in today's world. And the fact of the matter is, is we are now witnessing again, Iran declared war on us in the West 47 years ago. (00:03–00:09)

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Asserts that European countries rely on the US for most of NATO's funding.

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