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“5%” said in 24 of 91 transcripts, 41 times.
Counted forms: five percent, five percents, five percent's, fifth percent, fifth percents, fifth percent's.
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Jan 21, 2026 Meeting 1 time
…We've been friends. We lifted the GDP from 2 percent to 5 percent together. That was done jointly. And it worked out, really, very well…
Jan 9, 2026 Meeting Kalshi: Trump meets with Oil & Gas Executives 2 times
…able to get NATO to up GDP from 2 percent to 5 percent, NATO's got a lot of money, and they're paying for everything. We're…
…they have a great NATO leader, and they've gone up to 5 percent from 2 percent GDP. That's a big step. But they have to…
Nov 7, 2025 Meeting Kalshi: Trump holds bilateral meeting with Hungarian Prime Minister 1 time
…the—in NATO, they voted to go from 2 percent to 5 percent. And, you know, that—nobody thought that was possible. And we had…
Oct 22, 2025 Meeting Kalshi: Trump meets with NATO 2 times
…by our visit a few months ago when— ——they agreed to 5 percent instead of 2 percent of GDP. That was a big concession. I…
…would've said that's not possible. And the difference is they're paying 5 percent as opposed to not paying 2 percent. They we—a lot of…
Oct 17, 2025 Meeting Kalshi: Trump meets with Zelensky 1 time
…you were at 2 percent, and they all went up to 5 percent. But Spain disagreed with that. I think Spain should be reprimanded for…
Oct 14, 2025 Meeting Kalshi: Bilateral meeting with President of Argentina 2 times
…They're the only country that didn't raise up their number to 5 percent. Every other country in NATO raised up to 5 percent, and Spain…
Oct 9, 2025 Meeting Kalshi: Trump's Bilateral meeting with President of Finland 1 time
…very good relationship. As you know, I requested that they pay 5 percent, not 2 percent, and most people thought that was not going to…
Oct 7, 2025 Meeting Kalshi: Trump Bilateral 1 time
…totally unvetted. And these people were—you know, if you got 5 percent, 2 percent—now, you were getting a lot of bad people. And…
Sep 25, 2025 Meeting 4 times
…They did—as you know, they went from 2 percent to 5 percent GDP, and that's a big step. And it's paid. I mean, they…
…ahead, please. We're in NATO, —and you know, they're paying now 5 percent of GDP. Nobody thought that was possible, and they agreed to that…
…The United States was paying almost everything, and now they're paying 5 percent—and they pay. And that's trillions of dollars. You know, we're talking…
Sep 23, 2025 Meeting 2 times
…stepped up. You know, when they went from 2 percent to 5 percent, that was great unity. Trillions of dollars is being pumped in, and…
…countries that weren't paying 2 percent, and now they're all paying 5 percent. That's a lot of money. It's a lot of weapons they're buying…
Sep 18, 2025 Meeting Kalshi: Trump-Starmer Bilateral 3 times
…congratulate the United Kingdom on making the vital commitment to spend 5 percent of GDP on defense at the NATO summit this year. We've worked…
…working even more closely with yours as you push toward that 5 percent goal. And I think, Mr. Prime Minister, you're just about there. You're…
…2 percent GDP, and they didn't pay it. Now they're at 5 percent and they pay it. And we appreciate that, and we're sending a…
Sep 3, 2025 Meeting 1 time
…then, at my request, they've raised it from 2 percent to 5 percent, but Poland was one of two nations that paid more than they…
Aug 26, 2025 Meeting 1 time
…NATO, as you know, and they went from 2 percent to 5 percent of GDP—nobody expected that—and the difference is they didn't pay…
Aug 25, 2025 Meeting 2 times
…a large amount of money from the countries. They're taking in 5 percent of GDP, versus 2 percent. They're paying the 5 percent. They never…
Aug 18, 2025 Meeting 2 times
…please. Right. Well, NATO also has agreed from 2 percent to 5 percent, which is something that is a massive amount of money. And it's…
Jul 28, 2025 Meeting 1 time
…lovefest with all of those countries. And they agreed to go 5 percent and all the things. Very smart to do. But many of the…
Jul 27, 2025 Meeting 1 time
…Largely. And with NATO, as you know, they're going up to 5 percent, from 3—from 2 percent. And the relationship is very strong with…
Jul 27, 2025 Meeting 3 times
…do as well. We had a meeting where they put up 5 percent instead of 2 percent, and they're going to pay it instead of…
…really—we came together, and they went from 2 percent to 5 percent, which nobody would've thought that was even—who would even think that…
…to be at 2 percent. All of a sudden, they're at 5 percent. And that's a—that's the right number. And so it was a…
Jul 14, 2025 Meeting 2 times
…a month ago was very successful in that they agreed to 5 percent—— ——which is more than a trillion dollars a year, so they have…
…this last meeting. You know, we went from 2 percent to 5 percent—— ——which everyone said was not even a possibility. They weren't paying 2…
Jun 25, 2025 Meeting 2 times
…the vote, but I've been asking them to go up to 5 percent for a number of years, and they're going up to 5 percent…
May 22, 2025 Meeting 1 time
…percent—five- oh—50 percent. Wow. In the 1960s, less than 5 percent of the children were obese. Now over 20 percent are obese. A…
May 20, 2025 Meeting 1 time
…drugs by as much as 85 percent. Not 8 percent. Not 5 percent. Not 1 percent. Eighty-five percent. And you're going to have the…
Apr 14, 2025 Meeting 3 times
…are not believable. They have—they fight for policies that are 5-percent popular, and nobody knows who the 5 percent are. I mean, nobody…
Mar 11, 2025 Meeting 1 time
…it would be 80. And in some cases, it would be 5 percent or 2 percent or 3 percent, you know, depending on the agency…