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Steve Bannon: “You actually realized we have to get to 2 to 2% or 2 and a…”

Featuring: Steve Bannon, Former White House Chief Strategist | National

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… and two and a half percent that you committed after you forced your way into Ukraine in 2014, you realized you were going to have a fight on your hands. You actually realized we have to get to 2 to 2% or 2 and a half percent, which none of you did. Only the Brits came close. And later the polls. And if you look at really, in particular the Germans, the Italians, some of these people are horrible. The French. (17:00–17:06)

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Asserts that European countries did not meet their defense spending commitments of 2 to 2.5% of GDP.

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