Official transcripts
White House transcripts of the President’s remarks, compiled by the Office of the Federal Register and published on govinfo.gov
“NATO” said in 131 of 565 transcripts, 494 times.
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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…
Apr 6, 2025 Other 1 time
…We can't do that and also spend a lot of money on NATO in order to protect European nations. We cover them with military, then…
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 30, 2025 Other 2 times
…want to renegotiate the deal." He wants to be a member of NATO . Well, he was never going to be a member of NATO. He…
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 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 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 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…
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 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 Press conference 2 times
…President Zelenskyy, and my team also spoke with the Secretary General of NATO on numerous occasions, and we're working very hard to get that war… …shows exactly why it's so important for the United Kingdom and other NATO partners to make large investments in their defense capabilities. In many cases…
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 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 Press conference 4 times
…had some talks, and we told the European Union, we told the NATO people—largely, they overlap—"You have to pay more money because it's… …long before President Putin, they've said they cannot have Ukraine be in NATO . They said that very strongly. I actually think that that was the… …cannot have—you cannot have Ukraine going in, in any way, into NATO . And I start from that standpoint. I think everybody knew that. Now…
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 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…
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 25, 2025 Other 5 times
…So, they understand that. They've been told that. It's a little like NATO . I mean, we were spending—we were almost paying for all of… …after I got involved, they were paying a lot of money on NATO . The Secretary General was very generous in his statements about me with…
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…