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“NATO” said in 131 of 565 transcripts, 494 times.
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Sep 25, 2025 Meeting 5 times
…be talking about that. We're going to be seeing about that. The NATO countries were disappointing in that regard, but they've been very amazing in… …money there. And we're selling a tremendous amount of military equipment to NATO . We're selling. We're not giving like Biden did. We're selling it to… …close to a deal. Go ahead. Yes, go ahead, please. We're in NATO , —and you know, they're paying now 5 percent of GDP. Nobody thought…
Sep 23, 2025 Meeting 2 times
…soon. Depends on the circumstance, but you know, we're very strong toward NATO . NATO stepped up. You know, when they went from 2 percent to…
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 18, 2025 Other 1 time
…little bit embarrassed that he—rightfully—that I caught Europe—you know, NATO countries, EU countries—you could call it either way, because they're very…
Sep 18, 2025 Meeting Kalshi: Trump-Starmer Bilateral 6 times
…vital commitment to spend 5 percent of GDP on defense at the NATO summit this year. We've worked together very closely in so many ways… …along with a lot of other great countries. I want to thank NATO and our wonderful head of NATO, who's really worked very hard—Mark… …And we appreciate that, and we're sending a lot of weapons to NATO . NATO is paying for those weapons in full, but we're sending them…
Sep 14, 2025 Other 5 times
…so maybe that's a good problem. Well, they're not doing their job. NATO has to get together, Europe has to get together and do it… …Now, I will say this: Right now we're just selling weapons to NATO . It's pretty amazing. Biden just spent $350 billion. I've—I'm spending nothing… …it directly. Countries are buying oil from Russia and selling it into NATO —certain NATO countries—not all, but certain very substantial NATO countries. That's…
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 3, 2025 Meeting 3 times
…of two nations that paid more than they were supposed to with NATO . I don't know if anyone knows that, but there were two nations… …Now, we have stopped the money. I send—we send weapons to NATO . They pay full price. We don't—you know, Biden spent $350 billion…
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 26, 2025 Meeting 4 times
…all over the world like—like never before, probably. We went to NATO , as you know, and they went from 2 percent to 5 percent… …as you know, we are selling a tremendous amount of equipment to NATO . We're not spending any money. We're making money. But I don't want… …military equipment—millions and millions and, ultimately, billions of dollars to the NATO people, where I'm very friendly and we have great relationship. But that…
Aug 25, 2025 Meeting 7 times
…on—as you know, on Ukraine. But we're selling military equipment to NATO . NATO now is taking in—— Excuse me. NATO now is taking in… …paid the 2 percent, most of them—or a lot of them. NATO has a lot of money. We are selling military equipment to NATO… …that equipment to wherever they are. I mean, perhaps to Ukraine. So NATO is working with Ukraine. Biden was giving hundreds of billions of dollars…
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 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…
Aug 15, 2025 Other 1 time
…So there's no deal until there's a deal. I will call up NATO in a little while. I will call up the various people that…
Aug 15, 2025 Other 3 times
…We're making money. They're buying our weapons, and we're sending them to NATO , and NATO is sending us big, beautiful checks. But that—I don't… …Maybe. Along with Europe and other countries. Not in the form of NATO , because that's not going to—you know, there are certain things that…
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 11, 2025 Press conference 5 times
…I've said it again, but I'm really just quoting other leaders from NATO , from the Middle East, King of Saudi Arabia, Qatar, U.A.E. I was… …But I was—a month and a half ago, I was at NATO . We had a great—I think they've agreed to put up 5… …Biden's war. This is not my war. I made a deal with NATO a month ago—you covered it very accurately, actually—where we don't…
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 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 24, 2025 Press conference 2 times
…dead 1 year ago." He thought we were dead. I just left NATO , as you know. They're agreeing to pay 5 percent. We're not paying… …percent of everything now for the war, Ukraine. But I just left NATO , and every one of those leaders said—every country, they said—and…
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 Other 2 times
…mostly European Union stuff, but let's put it in the form of NATO . It's very similar. But NATO is going to pay us back for…
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 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 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 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…
Jul 4, 2025 Other 1 time
…invited, frankly, to every country. Now, we had a tremendous success at NATO , as you know. They've agreed to put up more than a trillion…
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 25, 2025 Press conference 12 times
…thank you for joining us at the conclusion of a highly productive NATO summit in the Netherlands. Want to thank them for the royal treatment… …people. Great people. Big, beautiful heart. And I enjoyed that. And also NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte, who's been terrific. He's been a friend of… …Used to be right here, running this wonderful country. Now he's the NATO Secretary General. He's doing a fantastic job. And the Prime Minister, we…
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…
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 24, 2025 Other 1 time
…do is play both sides. I'm going now, as you know, to NATO . Some of you are going with me. And I think it's going…
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…