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MiniMe

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13. Countries don't pay "dues" to NATO

Reply to Demovictory9 (Original post)

Thu Oct 17, 2019, 12:52 PM

Oct 2019

What the NATO agreement is is that they will spend a percentage of their GDP on defense. I think tRump is totally clueless about what being "paid up" means

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The world is staring at Trump, mouth agape [View all] Demovictory9 Oct 2019 OP

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