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The numbers speak from themselves. Since @NATO Allies agreed that we'd each spend 2% of GDP on our own national defenses, we've seen 9 straight years of increases.

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The pictures of the graphs in the previous post.

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2017 Trump scolds NATO Europe and Canadian members.

Trump scolds NATO allies over defense spending [May 25, 2017]
<cnn 2017/05/25>

Notice the spike in Europe and Canada's funding for NATO in 2017.

It nearly doubles with no war.

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Trump scolds NATO allies over defense spending [May 25, 2017]


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Donald Trump tells Nato allies to pay up - BBC News


May 25, 2017

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Trump dinged NATO in 2017 - What happened.

2017, 2018, 2019, 2020 no war
2021 no war
2021 Biden becomes the President
2022 Russia invades Ukraine - WAR

Trump scolds NATO allies over defense spending [May 25, 2017]

article post 4 ⏫

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Defence Expenditures of NATO Countries (2014-2023)


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The chart already existed

USAmbNATO copied it.



page 2

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The chart already existed

USAmbNATO copied it.



page 4

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Obama 2009-2016
Trump 2017-2020

Graph 6 on page 4



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Graph 1 from page 2

Graph 5 from page 4

Defence Expenditure of NATO Countries (2014-2023)

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Hello Graph 6 page 4

2009-2016 Obama
2017-2020 Trump

Look at it graph.

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Hello Graph 6 page 4

2009-2016 Obama
2017-2020 Trump

Defence Expenditure of NATO Countries (2014-2023)


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NATO Funding



NATO is resourced through the direct and indirect contributions of its members.

In 2006, NATO Defence Ministers agreed to commit a minimum of 2% of their Gross Domestic Product (GDP) to defence spending
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NATO Spending by Country 1/2


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NATO Spending by Country 2/2


Who is the biggest spender in NATO?

The United States spends $811, 140, which ranks it as the biggest NATO spender.

- worldpopulationreview.com/country-rankin…

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Number of military personnel in NATO countries 2023


- statista.com/statistics/584…
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The Real Reason Ukraine Isn’t Ready to Join NATO


The alliance knows how to defend democracies from the outside, but can’t promote democracy from within.

- politico.com/news/magazine/…
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U.S. Security Cooperation with Israel 1/2


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U.S. Security Cooperation with Israel 2/2


Israel has been designated as a U.S. Major Non-NATO Ally under U.S. law.

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NATO–Russia relations


In March 2015, Russia, citing NATO's de facto breach of the 1990 Treaty on Conventional Armed Forces in Europe, said that the suspension of its participation in it, announced in 2007, was now "complete"

- en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NATO%E2%8…
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The North Atlantic Treaty
Washington D.C. - 4 April 1949
Last updated: 19 Oct. 2023



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NATO member countries


At present, NATO has 31 member countries. These countries, called NATO Allies, are sovereign states that come together through NATO to discuss political and security issues and make collective decisions by consensus.

- nato.int/cps/en/natohq/…
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Revolution of Dignity


February 2014

when deadly clashes between protesters and state forces in the capital Kyiv culminated in the ousting of elected President Viktor Yanukovych and a return to the 2004 Constitution of Ukraine.

- en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Revolutio…


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