Letter: Demand To Nato Is Suspicious

Do I have this right? Our current president is demanding that NATO countries double their military spending from 2 to 4 percent of their Gross National Product? And that this money should be used to buy military equipment only from U.S. companies? Hmmm. Did he come up with this all by himself?

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