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White House transcripts of the President’s remarks, compiled by the Office of the Federal Register and published on govinfo.gov. They are in the public domain and usually appear 4–7 weeks after the event: the newest one here is from Sep 30, 2026. We show how often a word was said and short quotes, and link to the full text. Searches on this page go to our server, unlike My transcripts.
“NATO” said in 48 of 114 transcripts, 203 times.
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…many countries now. We just had a—I just came back from NATO. Many of you were there and you saw how that worked out…
…cut costs there by hundreds of billions of dollars, maybe. But the NATO event was incredible. Today's event is incredible. This is a potentially really…
…Say it. Well, we're going to see. I was very disappointed with NATO. And frankly, if it weren't held in Turkey—where my friend happens…
…know he's gone all out. It was a big thing to have NATO come to Turkey or anyplace else. It's a big thing. But we…
…said they wouldn't be there. And we've invested trillions of dollars in NATO. Why? To protect European countries and others—Canada, et cetera. But to…
…thing: We're very disappointed. I'll say it publicly, we're very disappointed with NATO, because NATO has done absolutely nothing. And I've always said—25 years…
…in politics and I understood politics. I said 25 years ago that NATO is a paper tiger. But, more importantly, that we'll come to their…
…the United States. It's small potatoes. That's why I'm so disappointed in NATO, because this was a test for NATO. This was a test. "You…
…don't protect us?" And I've always felt that was a weakness of NATO. We were going to protect them, but I always said, "When in…
…oldest ally, and we spend a lot of money on, you know, NATO and all of these things to protect you." I mean, we're protecting…
…should be involved enthusiastically. We've been protecting these countries for years with NATO, because NATO is us. You can ask Putin. Putin fears us. He…
…I will say that, right now, because I was able to get NATO to up GDP from 2 percent to 5 percent, NATO's got a…
…equipment. They're probably giving it to Ukraine. But we're selling them to NATO—military equipment. We're getting full price and all of that. But that's…
…have to get their act together. Now, they've—they have a great NATO leader, and they've gone up to 5 percent from 2 percent GDP…
…through the trials and tribulations of everything. Mark Rutte, Secretary General of NATO, highly respected, every country—almost every country in Europe. I think you…
…to really add them up, we could really add them up. But NATO, basically, European and Canada and a lot of other nations, they've really…
…his country into is a death trap. Please. Yes. This is about NATO. We're a very proud member of NATO. We have a great relationship…
…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…
…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…
…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…
…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…
…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…