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“NATO” said in 40 of 186 transcripts, 122 times.
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Sep 30, 2025 Speech / ceremony 7 times
…you, now, as you know, I went over, and I met with NATO, and NATO raised from 2 to 5, which everyone said—5 percent…
…money on that war. Not 10 cents. We sell our equipment to NATO. NATO pays us for the equipment, and they give it to Ukraine…
…our defense. Much of that has really already taken place, but all NATO members have committed to the increase that I talked about. Think of…
Sep 23, 2025 Speech / ceremony Kalshi: Trump's Address to United Nations General Assembly 3 times
…year ago, we were a laughingstock all over the world. At the NATO summit in June, virtually all NATO members formally committed to increased defense…
…the ongoing war by continuing to purchase Russian oil. But inexcusably, even NATO countries have not cut off much Russian energy and Russian energy products…
Sep 20, 2025 Speech / ceremony 1 time
…been fantastic. A friend of mine for a long time, Ambassador to NATO, Matt Whitaker. Hey, Matt, they have to stop buying oil from Russia…
Sep 19, 2025 Speech / ceremony 5 times
…spending any money on the war. The war is being funded by NATO. NATO is buying our equipment. In fact, we're—I don't want to…
…that war because they're buying our equipment, as you know. But we—NATO, as you know—and very important—is funding the entire thing. They're…
…They're paying for any—anything that's sent over there, it goes to NATO, and then NATO does what they want with it. In this case…
Sep 8, 2025 Speech / ceremony 2 times
…lot of the big countries—and I was with the heads of NATO—the NATO nations: All of them—everyone said essentially the same thing…
Sep 2, 2025 Speech / ceremony 1 time
…tremendous woman. And so what are you asking me about her? True. NATO is concerned about it. Well, nobody knows where it came from, but…
Aug 25, 2025 Speech / ceremony 10 times
…saw that with the European leaders on Friday. You saw that with NATO, where they agreed to go from 2 percent, no pay, to 5…
…felt badly for our taxpayer. But I did something else at the NATO meeting. They are wealthy countries, but they weren't paying, and we don't…
…Do you know that? In fact, it's the opposite. They request through NATO. We deal with NATO. We don't deal, really, with Ukraine. NATO requests…
Aug 21, 2025 Speech / ceremony 1 time
…with the King of Saudi Arabia. I was with all of the NATO leaders a couple of weeks ago, and they are putting up not…
Aug 14, 2025 Speech / ceremony 3 times
…supplying equipment. We're being paid 100 percent plus for that equipment by NATO. And I got NATO up from 2 percent to 5 percent of…
Aug 13, 2025 Speech / ceremony 1 time
…You know, very friendly. I know the leaders, because I was at NATO. As you know, I took it from 2 percent to 5 percent…
Aug 8, 2025 Speech / ceremony 4 times
…he's working with the European nations, and they're terrific people, terrific leaders—NATO. And, as you know, I became very friendly with them. They agreed…
…maybe that had an impact. But what really had an impact was NATO has stepped up in terms of their spending on— on buying military…
…say it over and over again. I met all the leaders of NATO. I met—I went, as you know, to the Middle East. I…
Aug 6, 2025 Speech / ceremony 1 time
…King of Saudi Arabia—all great leaders. And then I went to NATO and saw many great leaders, and we just finished that about 4…
Jul 31, 2025 Speech / ceremony 4 times
…as I have to say it, but every leader—I was at NATO, and I was in the Middle East with the three great countries…
…Saudi Arabia; U.A.E. And everybody said the same thing, all of the NATO countries. Essentially, they said that we were a dead country. One year…
…It shouldn't be. And by the way, I made a deal with NATO where NATO pays us for everything that we send. We send them…
Jul 23, 2025 Speech / ceremony 2 times
…Europe, and Europe pays. And they were great. We had a tremendous NATO meeting a few weeks ago, and it was pretty amazing, actually, what…
…that, and they meant it so strongly. And when I went to NATO 2 weeks ago, where we made the deal where they pay 5…
Jul 22, 2025 Speech / ceremony 1 time
…and other things. And I'm very proud to tell you that with NATO, the European—if you look, the European countries, essentially, will be buying…
Jul 15, 2025 Speech / ceremony 2 times
…think about it, we had a country—and I just left the NATO leaders. I left the Middle East. The King of Saudi Arabia, Qatar…
…are three great leaders. And then we just made a deal with NATO where they pay for everything, and we give them the ammunition and…
Jul 14, 2025 Speech / ceremony 6 times
…And pardon me for being late. We had a great meeting with NATO, the Secretary General, and we're going to do something a little different…
…all about?" So anyway—so we're going to be doing that with NATO, and it's fully approved, fully done. And we'll send them a lot…
…anything for us, nobody helped us. And that's much different. You know, NATO is a much different situation now. When I got in, I believe…
Jul 11, 2025 Speech / ceremony 1 time
…Saudi Arabia. I was with the leaders of the world recently at NATO. Every one of them said the same thing. They said: "You know…
Jul 4, 2025 Speech / ceremony 2 times
…we're at a record. And I will say that I just left NATO, where we had a tremendous experience. They've agreed to put up over…
…We're respected again. The world is respecting us again. When we did NATO, those leaders came up to me and they said, "You know what…
Jul 3, 2025 Speech / ceremony 3 times
…trillion dollars a year for our defense. You saw what happened in NATO. In fact, we have our Ambassador to NATO here. Where's our—you…
…Monica. And you know Matt Whitaker, a man from Iowa, Ambassador to NATO. We also had a person—I have to give her credit: Brenna…
Jul 1, 2025 Speech / ceremony 3 times
…the same thing, along with many other people, because I just left NATO, and NATO is going to—we took it up to 5 percent…
…That would be a hard one. Nobody believes that—what happened in NATO—over a trillion dollars a year from, like, nothing. It was an…
Jun 27, 2025 Speech / ceremony Kalshi: Trump Meets with Leaders of DRC and Rwanda 2 times
…a great week between just coming back from a very successful trip: NATO. NATO has really pulled together. They have—it's going to be—they're…
Jun 27, 2025 Speech / ceremony 2 times
…Sure. Sure. Well, you said—as an example, not South America, but NATO, over the weekend. They have great respect for our country now. They…
…had a big week. We've had a lot of victories this week. NATO was a tremendous victory. The war was a tremendous—look, we were…
Jun 24, 2025 Speech / ceremony 3 times
…disgrace. But it's an amazing period of time. Now we're going to NATO, and we'll get a new set of problems. We'll solve a new…
…and I think we have that. You know, when I went to NATO, they were broke when I first started this whole thing. It seems…
…twenty-eight—were paying their dues, but they weren't paying very much. NATO was broke. And I said, "You're going to have to pay." And…
Jun 20, 2025 Speech / ceremony 3 times
…should, but I think they should. We've been spending—we've been supporting NATO so long—in many cases, I believe paying almost a hundred percent…
…cost. So I don't think we should, but I think that the NATO countries should. Absolutely. Well, NATO is going to have to deal with…
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…