00:00A retired U.S. Rear Admiral visiting Taiwan is urging the country to boost defense spending as it faces mounting
00:06pressure from China.
00:08If you don't get a defense budget done at 5%, really at 3.5% this year and 5%
00:14soon thereafter,
00:15Trump is going to treat all of you poorly, collectively.
00:21So get that done. If you do not get it done, he will collectively punish all of Taiwan.
00:29Montgomery is part of a delegation visiting Taiwan for exchanges on military drones.
00:34His remarks came during a legislative panel Tuesday morning as defense budgets remain stalled in the legislature.
00:39The Trump administration has pushed defense partners to raise military spending to 5% of GDP.
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