Newly elected US President Donald Trump said his tough stance on NATO has allowed other members to increase their defense spending by $600 billion.
He said this in an interview with MSNBC.
US in NATO — Trump's position
Thus, the politician indicated that if all allies are ready to honestly contribute to NATO's needs, then the United States will not leave.
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— If they pay their bills, and if I believe that they are acting honestly, that they are treating us fairly, then the answer is absolutely one — I would stay in NATO, — explained Trump.
The new head of the White House believes that in previous years the North Atlantic bloc simply took advantage of the United States without offering anything in return.
According to him, European and Asian countries did not take food products, cars and technologies from America into their markets.
— And we protected them. Then I told them: I will not protect you if you do not pay. And they began to pay, and it amounted to more than $600 billion. That's a lot. Otherwise, they would not even fight. They would not have had the money to fight, — Trump summarized.
