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“NATO” said in 21 of 51 transcripts, 92 times.
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Aug 18, 2025 Meeting 4 times
…War has there been anything like this. So I'm honored to welcome NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte, who's a great gentleman; a great, great political…
…very good. And great remarks. I appreciate it. Mark, as head of NATO, maybe you could say a few words, please. Right. Well, NATO also…
Aug 18, 2025 Meeting 5 times
…who are around us—the U.K. and France, Germany, Italy, Finland, EU, NATO—I mean, all—all partners around Ukraine supporting us. Thanks them and…
…it was always a statement that they would never allow Ukraine into NATO. So that was a statement that was made. But we haven't discussed…
…percent. It's 99 to 100 percent. So we sell the equipment to NATO, and NATO does what—I don't know what the arrangement is that…
Jul 28, 2025 Meeting 5 times
…dead. It was dead 6 months ago, a year ago. Leaders from NATO, when I—we had a very successful meeting— ——at NATO. Your Prime…
…made a deal where the European Union is essentially involved. But it's NATO, and we're supplying weapons to NATO. NATO is now paying, because—the…
Jul 27, 2025 Meeting 3 times
…to get along great. And we have a great relationship now with NATO, which is largely the same. I mean, not exactly, but pretty close…
…from 3—from 2 percent. And the relationship is very strong with NATO. So I just want to congratulate you. I think it's great that…
Jul 27, 2025 Meeting 6 times
…I say it all the time. Every leader—when I went to NATO the other day, every leader said, "You have the hottest country in…
…a lot more on—you know, and we've been very generous to NATO for many, many years. And—no, but we had a terrific meeting…
…we're going to be sending now military equipment and other equipment to NATO, and they'll be doing what they want. But I guess it's, for…
Jul 14, 2025 Meeting 13 times
…years. We knew each other before, but Mark is the head of NATO—Mark Rutte, Secretary General of NATO. Highly respected by everybody that knows…
…make the best, and we're going to be sending the best to NATO and, in some cases, to maybe—at Mark's suggestion, if we go…
…they're going to send, early on, missiles. And they'll be replaced, and NATO is going to take care of it. It's going to be coordinated…
Jul 8, 2025 Meeting 1 time
…countries about contributing to the military. Not only just paying more in NATO, but contributing. You know, we have 45,000 soldiers in South Korea…
Jul 7, 2025 Meeting 1 time
…all told me the same thing. And then that was reiterated at NATO, just recently, when we got back, where they agreed to spend a…
Jun 25, 2025 Meeting 1 time
…2 percent. So I think that's going to be very big news. NATO is going to become very strong with us, and I appreciate doing…
Apr 24, 2025 Meeting 3 times
…pleasure to have my friend who did such a good job at NATO—my great friend, right? So you really did. We started off they…
…I think everybody at— in this—you know, at this time, in NATO, they want to see this thing happen. So we have a deadline…
…when I was there, a very big role in making sure that NATO is funded by the 28—at that time, they had 28 countries…
Apr 17, 2025 Meeting 2 times
…Vance. Guys, have—have—— President Trump. Hold it. Hold it. Yes. Right, NATO. NATO. Yes. And I don't hold—— I don't hold Zelenskyy responsible—— ——but…
Apr 14, 2025 Meeting 3 times
…hurt the United States and—on trade. And they get us on NATO because they don't pay their bills. But now, since I got involved…
…been paying their bills. I took in $600—over $600 billion for NATO. Nobody took in anything. I mean, we were—they were all delinquent…
…anybody to pay." Because the United States was footing the bill for NATO. Well, we got hurt there, and we got hurt on trade, likewise…
Apr 7, 2025 Meeting 4 times
…a unified force against the United States for trade. So they have NATO, which is largely the same countries, and they took advantage of us…
…got there. You know, I was able to get $600 billion from NATO, where—they paid NATO—because most of these nations weren't even paying…
Mar 25, 2025 Meeting 4 times
…been absolutely terrible to us on trade—terrible. And, as you know, NATO—I got them to pay hundreds of billions of dollars. They were…
…they say the European Union and the U-—and you could say NATO, also—look, NATO—and I don't blame NATO for this. I don't…
Mar 13, 2025 Meeting 12 times
…had a great relationship always. Mark Rutte. Now he's Secretary General of NATO and doing a fantastic job. Everybody—every report I've gotten is what…
…do that. What Mark is saying is: When I first went to NATO, my first meeting, I noticed that very few people were paying. And…
…you're not going to pay." And the money started pouring in. And NATO became much stronger because of my actions and working along with a…
Mar 12, 2025 Meeting 6 times
…I hope to be able to get there. Yes. What's that? Well, NATO has to treat us fairly. If they pay their bills and if…
…do what they're supposed to do. When I first got involved with NATO, as you know, they weren't paying their bills. There were 28 countries…
…made a certain statement that I'm not going to be involved with NATO unless you're going to pay your bills. And I was asked the…
Feb 28, 2025 Meeting 3 times
…think Poland has really stepped up and done a great job for NATO. They—as you know, they paid more than they had to. They…
…we're committed. We're going to be very committed. And we're committed to NATO. But NATO has to step up, and the Europeans have to step…
Feb 27, 2025 Meeting 3 times
…trade. Then you could take it a step further and go into NATO, and that was a very tough situation for us. I mean, that's…
…money that we're talking about. You know, we're helping, and we're helping NATO, but we're helping a lot more than anybody else, by far, and…
…try and get as much as we can back. But on the NATO, it's just not—that's not going to happen. Yes, please. The relationship…
Feb 26, 2025 Meeting 2 times
…a very small military. They spend very little money on military. Or NATO, they're just about last in terms of payment, because they say, "Why…
…don't want to tell right now. But I can tell you that NATO, you can forget about. That's been—I think that's probably the reason…
Feb 24, 2025 Meeting 6 times
…Harvard poll—saying that it's massively popular what we're doing. So—— Look, NATO is—— ——very much involved in this. When I first got elected at…
…beginning, first term, I got hundreds of billions of dollars put into NATO. NATO had no money because they hadn't paid for years. And I…
…if you don't pay, we're not going to be a part of NATO. We're not going to protect. We're not going to do what we're…
Feb 7, 2025 Meeting 5 times
…you know, Europe is putting up much less money than us—much—NATO, Europe— call it whatever you want. And we're at, probably, $300-billion…
…put in more money, and it got out of hand, just like NATO. NATO, we were in—we were paying almost 100 percent of NATO…
…So what—and now, if you speak to the Secretary General of NATO, who was very nice when he was here 2 weeks ago, he…