Former President Donald Trump suggested at a rally that under his presidency, NATO nations that fail to fulfill their financial obligations toward the military alliance would not receive help from the United States even when attacked by Russia.
“NATO was busted until I came along. I said, everybody’s going to pay,” President Trump said during a rally in South Carolina on Saturday. “They said, ‘Well, if we don’t pay, are you still going to protect us?’ I said, ‘Absolutely not.’ They couldn’t believe the answer.”