Distorted NATO Funding Figure
The United States does not pay 80 percent of the cost of operating the North Atlantic Treaty Organization, or NATO, as President Donald Trump claimed. The post Distorted NATO Funding Figure appeared first on FactCheck.org.
by D'Angelo Gore
Dec 14, 2017
2 minutes
The United States does not pay 80 percent of the cost of operating the North Atlantic Treaty Organization, or NATO, as President Donald Trump claimed.
The U.S. spends a lot more on its own defense compared with other nations in the international security alliance, but its share of the commonly funded NATO budget is less than one quarter.
Trump, who has long complained that other members of in Pensacola, Florida, where he took credit for getting NATO countries to spend more money on defense.
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