![]() ![]() Because we’re paying for 80% the cost of NATO in order to protect Europe and on top of everything else Europe takes advantage of us on trade. And last year I went in, I said, “Look, you’re either going to pay or you’re going to have a problem.” And they paid $44 billion more. You could speak to Secretary General Stoltenberg. Because payments were going down everyday for 10 years. ![]() I said you’re going to have to pay folks. … But if you take a look at NATO, last year they paid $44 billion more. Because NAFTA now is gone, you know, it has to be approved by the Senate, but we have to have good bipartisan, you see that. NAFTA if you look at what we did with NAFTA but if you take a look at NATO. You know, why should we be protecting countries of massive wealth and not be reimbursed for this military protection? That was not a very Republican thing to say, but it wasn’t a very Democrat thing to say either. Well we are going to start being reimbursed. ![]() And yet because we are protecting half of the world and much of that are wealthy countries and we’re not being reimbursed. You look at our military costs and they’re ten times what other large countries are, more than ten times. ![]() We’re protecting wealthy countries and not being reimbursed for it. Our trade deals were horrible and frankly our military deals were horrible. So many things were happening so bad so foolish that, you know, it’s just unacceptable. I think more than anything else, it’s putting America first. And that was something that I refuse to allow to happen. And you know we were losing our companies and therefore we were losing our jobs. And you know it’s a deal that will make it very hard for people, for companies to move out of the United States because if they move out of the United States there’s going to be a very big penalty to pay. That’s why I refused to call the new deal anything to do with NAFTA, you know the USMCA. We lost thousands of factories and plants and jobs, millions of jobs, millions and millions of jobs. But NAFTA was one of the worst deals ever made. You know we just renegotiated and there were tough negotiations. They’ve been doing these horrible trade deals. And I think we have to put America first. Well I think for one thing we have to fight harder for our country. There are hundreds of Republican politicians out there, what do you think they can learn from you, the things you say, your policies and the way you say it? And a lot of that is because of my views which are very strongly held. If you look at the places I’ve won, nobody else would have won those places. I guess in the true sense, it has been changed, and I think that’s why I won an election nobody else would have won. The party is a much bigger party now, and it’s like really a party for the working men and women in this country, in addition to plenty of others. I think we have brought a lot of people in. I mean I really like much of what the Republicans were doing. Well, I don’t think of it that way, Brian. That’s easy to figure.ĭo you think that you’ve changed the Republican Party permanently? The market’s had a little bit of an off day, but I understand why that is. But all of the things that are happening have been really great, including jobs and regulations, everything. Now that’s two of them in less than two years, substantially less than two years. You know, we just had a great judge put on the Supreme Court and a lot of people would have said that was not going to happen. We are doing a lot of good things, I think. And we’re trying to explain to readers the different reasons people support you, and that’s what I wanted to talk to you about. We’ve been talking to a lot of your supporters. I’ll try and get a good cover for a change. ![]()
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