Trump Talks Defense Spending: ‘NATO Calls Me Daddy’

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00:00Trump talks defense spending, NATO calls me daddy.

00:04President Donald Trump has urged allies to up their defense spending.

00:08And in an interview with Politico's Dasha Burns, Trump jokingly said,

00:13NATO calls me daddy.

00:15Trump's words, broadcast on Tuesday, were first spoken by Secretary General Mark Ruta in July.

00:21Trump said European leaders were weak and destroying their countries with migration policies.

00:26Dasha Burns asked the president if he would get involved in European elections.

00:31Trump replied he was already involved in Europe but wants to run the US.

00:34Then, Trump joked, NATO calls me daddy.

00:38I mean, I have a lot to say about it.

00:41Look, I raised, you know, GDP from 2% to 5%.

00:46The 2% they weren't paying and the 5% they are paying, Trump said.

00:51And they're paying it because when we send things over, NATO pays for it.

00:57And I assume they give it to Ukraine.

00:59But Europe is being destroyed, he added.

01:02In June, NATO members announced they would increase their contributions to the alliance

01:06to 5% of each country's economic output.

01:10Trump praised it as a big win after a pressure campaign.

01:14Trump then scolded Iran and Israel for a military exchange that threatened a ceasefire he brokered.

01:19Mark Rutte called Trump a man of strength and peace.

01:24Sometimes daddy has to use strong words, Mark Rutte joked.