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“NATO” said in 15 of 120 transcripts, 49 times.
Counted forms: nato, natos, natoes, nato's.
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May 24, 2025 Speech / ceremony 1 time
…nation in the world on trade. We've been ripped off at the NATO level. We've been ripped off like no country has ever been ripped…
Mar 31, 2025 Speech / ceremony 2 times
…now saying, "Well, I'll only do that deal if we get into NATO" or something to that effect. Well, that was never, number one, discussed…
…to be very—long before Putin, they said, "You're not going into NATO." And it could be—that's probably the reason the war started, actually…
Mar 26, 2025 Speech / ceremony 4 times
…Europe. And so I understand what he's saying. The same thing with NATO. When I got involved, these mostly European countries—as you know, we…
…all the time. The European Union treats us horribly on trade. And NATO has treated—now, I raised a lot of money for NATO—hundreds…
…week when the Secretary General said, "Without Trump, there wouldn't be a NATO," because I got them to pay money. It was unfair. The United…
Mar 21, 2025 Speech / ceremony 6 times
…process, absolutely. We don't want to make that kind of a mistake. NATO is something that I saved. NATO was gone until I came along…
…have said if it wasn't for Trump, you wouldn't even have a NATO, because we were paying the cost of almost all of the countries…
…because of what I did, hundreds of billions of dollars flowed into NATO by countries that just weren't paying. They were delinquent. They weren't paying…
Mar 14, 2025 Speech / ceremony 1 time
…think we're doing it. And as the Secretary General said yesterday, of NATO—a terrific guy—he said, without Trump, we wouldn't be talking about…
Mar 6, 2025 Speech / ceremony 12 times
…of that, as you know, hundreds of billions of dollars came into NATO—you wouldn't have NATO right now if I weren't there. And your…
…He said he's never seen anything like it. When I came to NATO, when I first had my first meeting, I noticed that people weren't…
…all comes around. Look, we've been supporting the whole world. You mention NATO, and you mention other things. We've been supporting the whole world. When…
Feb 18, 2025 Speech / ceremony 2 times
…me for a long time, because I—I solved the problem with NATO. They paid hundreds of billions of dollars into the funds of NATO…
Feb 13, 2025 Speech / ceremony 8 times
…they haven't treated us properly. Look, we were great to them on NATO. Essentially, it's a similar group of countries. When I came in my…
…paying. We were paying for almost—in my opinion, almost all of NATO. And now, you know, I—I had the bad moment with the…
…We're in for more than Europe. I mean, think of it—or NATO— I mean, that's—just call it NATO because Canada is in. By…
Feb 12, 2025 Speech / ceremony 1 time
…been saying that for a long time that Ukraine cannot go into NATO. And—— And I'm—and I'm okay with that. I just want the…
Feb 9, 2025 Speech / ceremony 1 time
…as a 51st State. They don't pay their share of military in NATO. They pay very little for military. They're not protected at all. And…
Feb 3, 2025 Speech / ceremony 2 times
…billion—and now it's actually over $600 billion—the Secretary General of NATO came in 2 weeks ago, and he said it was a miracle…
Jan 31, 2025 Speech / ceremony 2 times
…And if you think of the European Union, then you go to NATO. It's largely the same group of countries. Until I came along, I…
Jan 23, 2025 Speech / ceremony 1 time
…strength and peace and stability abroad. I'm also going to ask all NATO nations to increase defense spending to 5 percent of GDP, which is…
Jan 21, 2025 Speech / ceremony 2 times
…not paying. And a lot of those countries weren't even paying— the NATO countries, they weren't paying. Only 7 out of 28 were paying. We…
…should lift their number, not to 2 percent, but to 5 percent. NATO should be at 5 percent, not at 2 percent. Two percent is…
Jan 20, 2025 Speech / ceremony 4 times
…know that? I had a very good phone call. A long—— No, NATO has to pay more money. NATO has to pay 5 percent. We…
…in between, and we're—we've spent $200 billion more on Ukraine than NATO has spent, and they've got to equalize. Yes. Well, that's good. That's…