Germany can now tell President Trump that it pays as much as Washington for NATO operations
"NATO was essentially going out of business, because people weren’t paying and it was going down, down, down," Trump said."You just have to look at the line. I came along last year, and in a fairly nice tone, I said, 'You got to pay.' And they paid $44 billion more. And this year, I said it in a little bit stronger tone, and they’re paying hundreds of billions of dollars more over the years. And NATO will be strong again.
Under the new formula, the cap on U.S. contributions will be lowered to about 16 percent, matching Germany, whose share will increase from 14.76 percent. At current levels, Germany and the U.S. will each pay about €380 million. It is these figures Stoltenberg has used repeatedly to convince Trump that he is winning the spending fight. And, indeed, Stoltenberg and other NATO officials believe Trump has been useful and effective in maintaining pressure on allies on that front.
"This is unprecedented progress and it is making NATO stronger," he added. "We must keep up the momentum."Trump has attacked nearly all other allies over spending, but none as mercilessly as Germany.
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