Former US President Donald Trump. File photoWASHINGTON, May 29Former US President Donald Trump said he threatened NATO allies not to come to their aid in the event of a conflict with Russia if they did not increase defense spending themselves. He boasted, that the threat resulted in an unprecedented increase in the budgets of the alliance, and called his secretary general Jens Stoltenberg his «biggest fan».
"Does this mean that if we do not pay in full and Russia attacks us, does this mean, that you won't protect us?" I had to give them this answer, because otherwise they would not have paid. "Yes, we will not protect you if you do not pay … If this happens, you are on your own", Trump said at a rally of his supporters in Wyoming.
Trump sought from allies according to NATO, increase military budgets to at least 2% of GDP. «And the money flowed like a river — billions and billions. In the end, 430 billion — billions, not millions — dollars were accumulated,» he said.
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