The following article by Glen Kessler was posted on the Washington Post website May 31, 2017:
“They (Germany) pay FAR LESS than they should on NATO & military. Very bad for U.S. This will change.”
— President Trump, in a tweet, May 30, 2017
“This is not fair to the people and taxpayers of the United States. And many of these nations owe massive amounts of money from past years and not paying in those past years.”
— Trump, in a speech at NATO headquarters, May 25
Back in March 2016, The Fact Checker reviewed a series of inaccurate statements that then-candidate Trump made about the funding of NATO, the North Atlantic Treaty Organization. We concluded that “Trump is simply wrong on direct funding and is imprecise and possibly out of date on indirect funding.” Continue reading “Trump on NATO funding: Still misleading after months of fact checks”