When the Germans came In, in 2017, I was assigned to sit down with the national security advisor and I said, by the way, you know, you're not meeting your 2%. This is how far you're missing. And we had done numbers because President Trump's a real estate guy, you know, back rent. Oh, by the way, you haven't. This was in 2017. Your four years arrears are not me. Your, your number is $50 billion. He almost had a heart attack in the room. He starts spouting, he starts speaking German again. What can you do? This is not cumulative. What are you saying? (20:25–20:37)
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Asserts that Germany owed $50 billion in defense spending arrears in 2017.
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