I expect that regardless of who wins the presidential election, the US will remain a strong and committed Nato ally.”.
Trump told a campaign rally in South Carolina on Saturday night that he would “encourage” Russia to attack any of the US’s Nato allies that he felt were not paying their fair share.
On Saturday, Trump claimed that during an unspecified Nato meeting he had told a fellow head of state that the US under his leadership would not defend any countries who were “delinquent”.
The EU internal market commissioner, Thierry Breton, told the French TV channel LCI that Trump’s comments on military spending by Nato members were not new.
00:00:43 Donald Trump says he told Nato ally to pay more or Russia can ‘do whatever they want’ – video.
Trump seems to think that Nato is like a country club: you pay 2% of your GDP to the US which then provides defence services.
As of 2022, Nato reported that seven of what are now 31 Nato member countries were meeting that obligation, up from three in 2014. »
