Trump says NATO ‘dictator or two’ were quick to boost military spending

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President Trump said Thursday that the North Atlantic Treaty Organization contains “a dictator or two,” and that those U.S. allies were first in line to boost military spending.

Trump did not identify which of the 28 U.S.-allied nations in NATO are led by dictators, but said he found them most receptive to his recent demand for a defense spending boost.

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