Daniel Dale

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Trump also repeated two other false claims about NATO: - “For the last 15 years it’s like an escalator down and now it’s like a rocket ship up.” Military spending by NATO members increased 1.84% in 2015, 3.08% in 2016, pre-Trump-presidency. That’s the 16th time Trump said this. — PolitiTweet.org

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Stoltenberg has regularly credited Trump for his part in pressing NATO members to spend more on defense, but he’s never said anything to suggest NATO wouldn’t exist without Trump. Statement from NATO official: https://t.co/nHTIkcYg6A — PolitiTweet.org

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- “I think we were really paying close to 100 percent of NATO.” US military spending represented 72% of total NATO military spending in 2017, NATO says. The US pays an agreed-upon 22% of the actual NATO budget. Trump has now given incorrect figures 25 times. — PolitiTweet.org

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