Trump says he told US allies to pay up, or he'd let Russia "do whatever the hell they want"

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

38% : (Fact-checkers have deemed similar past claims from Trump "an exaggeration.")While there has been a debate about NATO spending, it isn't about unpaid debt, but rather whether NATO allies are spending enough of their economic output on their own defense.
33% : Trump claimed last year that "hundreds of billions of dollars came flowing in" to NATO after his threats.
28% : Trump recalled another country's leader asking him while he was president, "If we don't pay and we're attacked by Russia, will you protect us?"
25% : Trump's remarks come as congressional Republicans have stalled on sending more aid to Ukraine in its war against Russia -- aid that, at his campaign event, Trump said the United States should "give it to 'em as a loan.

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