Donald Trump, Remarks by President Trump at NATO Unveiling of the Article 5 and Berlin Wall Memorials – Brussels… (2017)
“ We should recognize that with these chronic underpayments and growing threats, even 2 percent of GDP is insufficient to close the gaps in modernizing, readiness, and the size of forces. We have to make up for the many years lost. Two percent is the bare minimum for confronting today’s very real and very vicious threats. If NATO countries made their full and complete contributions, then NATO would be even stronger than it is today, especially from the threat of terrorism. ”
