{"id":12385,"date":"2020-08-28T04:33:01","date_gmt":"2020-08-28T04:33:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/navytimes\/uncategorized\/2020\/08\/28\/trump-boosts-questionable-nato-funding-claims-in-gop-convention-speech\/"},"modified":"2026-08-18T20:02:17","modified_gmt":"2026-08-18T20:02:17","slug":"trump-boosts-questionable-nato-funding-claims-in-gop-convention-speech","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/navytimes\/news\/pentagon-congress\/2020\/08\/28\/trump-boosts-questionable-nato-funding-claims-in-gop-convention-speech\/","title":{"rendered":"Trump repeats questionable NATO funding claims in GOP convention speech"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">WASHINGTON \u2014 U.S. President Donald Trump again claimed credit for an agreement by NATO members to increase spending on their own defense during his <a href=\"https:\/\/www.militarytimes.com\/news\/pentagon-congress\/2020\/08\/27\/trump-vows-to-continue-military-rebuild-halt-endless-wars-in-convention-finale\/\" target=_blank>Republican convention speech<\/a> on Thursday night, repeating a consistent but somewhat misleading talking point from his campaign rallies.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cOur NATO partners, as an example, were very far behind in their defense payments, but at my strong urging, they agreed to pay $130 billion more a year,\u201d Trump said. \u201cAnd this $130 billion will ultimately go to $400 billion a year.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg, Trump said to applause, \u201cwas amazed, after watching for so many years and said that President Trump did what no-one else was able to do.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The speech doubled as Trump\u2019s formal acceptance of his re-nomination to serve as president and an argument that he deserves four more years. In it, he said that other countries had been \u201ctaking advantage\u201d of the United States on foreign policy and national defense before he became president.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Trump also repeated a mischaracterization of NATO members as delinquent in payments to the alliance and enlarged his role in convincing members to increase their defense spending.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Under NATO commitments forged 2014 \u2014 two years before Trump took office, and coinciding with Russia\u2019s annexation of Crimea \u2014 each ally has until 2024 to reach their goal to spend 2 percent of its gross domestic product on its own defense.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Trump has used those pledges to make a vigorous push for allies to share more of the costs for their own protection. And Stoltenberg has given Trump some credit for Canada and European allies adding $130 billion to their defense budgets, on the way to $400 billion by 2024.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cPresident Trump has been very clear,\u201d Stoltenberg <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/politics\/nato-head-says-trumps-tough-talk-has-helped-alliance\" target=_blank>told Fox News <\/a>in 2019. \u201cHe is committed to NATO. He stated that clearly just a few days ago and also at the NATO summit in July. But at the same time, he has clearly stated that NATO allies need to invest more. And therefore at the summit in July last year, we agreed to do more to step up \u2015 and now we see the results.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cBy the end of next year, NATO allies will add hundred \u2013 100 billion extra U.S. dollars toward defense. So we see some real money and some real results. And we see that the clear message from President Donald Trump is having an impact.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\t<aside class=\"smg-interstitial-link wp-block-smg-interstitial-link\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/defensenews\/congress\/2020\/07\/24\/trumps-troop-drawdown-from-germany-will-take-years-says-inhofe\/\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__media\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" src=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/GettyImages-979520684.jpg.jpg?w=300\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__image wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" \/>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__content\">\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"smg-interstitial-link__kicker\">Related<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"smg-interstitial-link__title\">Trump\u2019s troop drawdown from Germany will take \u2018years,\u2019 says Inhofe<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"smg-interstitial-link__excerpt\">President Donald Trump\u2019s plans to withdraw 10,000 U.S. troops from Germany will take years to execute, according to the chairman of the Senate Armed Services Committee.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/a>\n\t<\/aside>\n\t\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Under a second term, Trump\u2019s reelection campaign promises there would be more money to come.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.militarytimes.com\/news\/pentagon-congress\/2020\/08\/24\/trumps-second-term-plan-includes-stopping-endless-wars-boosting-military-support\/\" target=_blank>Trump\u2019s 50 \u201ccore priorities,\u201d<\/a> unveiled ahead of the four-day Republican convention, included vows to maintain American military might, \u201cwipe out\u201d terrorist groups overseas and stop the country\u2019s involvement in \u201cendless wars\u201d \u2015 but also a pledge to \u201cget allies to pay their fair share.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Former Vice President Joe Biden and his advisors have drawn a contrast with Trump, pledging to rehabilitate frayed alliances, and Biden is thought to view those relationships more conventionally, as mutually beneficial, without Trump\u2019s transactional lens and provocative rhetoric.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In a recent <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/politics\/trump-italy-belgium-delinquents-nato\" target=_blank>Fox interview<\/a>, Trump accused Germany of \u201cmaking a fortune\u201d off U.S. soldiers, and that Germany, \u201cowed us billions of dollars, billions of dollars to NATO.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Trump has said Germany\u2019s inability or unwillingness to commit 2 percent of its budget to defense spending fueled a<a href=\"https:\/\/www.defensenews.com\/congress\/2020\/07\/01\/house-panel-spurns-trumps-germany-troop-withdrawal\/\" target=_blank> contentious<\/a> decision to cut deployments in Germany by nearly 12,000 troops and relocate some to Belgium and Italy. (U.S. defense officials insist it was a strategic decision.)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Trump\u2019s former national security adviser John Bolton recently <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dw.com\/en\/john-bolton-criticizes-trumps-plan-to-remove-troops-from-germany\/a-54405268\" target=_blank>told <\/a>the German newspaper Welt am Sonntag that the removal of German-based troops was \u201ca sign \u2014 and not a good one \u2014 of what lies ahead if Trump is re-elected\u201d president in November. He added that, \u201cTrump shouldn\u2019t get a second term.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">With a new mandate from voters, Trump may bear down in the Pacific, observers say.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Defense cost-sharing negotiations with South Korea have deadlocked over U.S. demands that Seoul sharply increase its contribution to offset the costs of stationing some 28,500 service members to protect against North Korean threats. Trump has openly complained about the costs, and reportedly wants a 50 percent increase\u2015down from 400 percent initially.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThe negotiators and the policy makers have very little latitude because the president takes a strong personal interest on these matters, and believes \u2019we should be paid more,\u2019 as he\u2019d say it, to protect them,\u201d said a former administration official.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cSo what we should expect to see is more of the same. In South Korea, it\u2019s dragging into almost a full year, and it\u2019s possible we could see the same thing in Japan if our request is an extraordinarily high number.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Earlier this summer, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wsj.com\/articles\/trump-administration-weighs-troop-cut-in-south-korea-11595005050\">The Wall Street Journal<\/a> reported that the Pentagon was drawing up plans to reduce the U.S. presence in South Korea below the current level of 28,500 personnel. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.defensenews.com\/global\/asia-pacific\/2020\/07\/21\/esper-no-orders-issued-to-remove-forces-from-south-korea\/\" target=_blank>U.S. Defense Secretary Mark Esper<\/a> said after that he had not issued any such orders, but he did leave the door open for a future move.<\/p>\n\n\n\t<aside class=\"smg-interstitial-link wp-block-smg-interstitial-link\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/defensenews\/global\/asia-pacific\/2020\/03\/31\/workforce-cuts-in-april-could-hinder-us-south-korea-negotiations\/\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__media\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" src=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/AP19237256765196.jpg.jpg?w=300\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__image wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" \/>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__content\">\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"smg-interstitial-link__kicker\">Related<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"smg-interstitial-link__title\">Workforce cuts in April could hinder US-South Korea negotiations<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"smg-interstitial-link__excerpt\">Thousands of high-profile South Korean workers will start losing paychecks come April 1, which is likely to make negotiations between Seoul and Washington even more difficult than it&#039;s already going.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/a>\n\t<\/aside>\n\t\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Japan\u2019s five-year bilateral deal with the U.S., which Trump has called \u201cunfair,\u201d is up for renegotiations before it expires in March, 2021.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">However, there are some key differences as Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe has striven to cement a personal relationship with Trump while Seoul is seen as more ambivalent about the U.S. presence. It\u2019s not clear yet how Abe\u2019s resignation, announced Friday, would factor in.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Japan, which has boosted its defense spending in the face of a rising China, plans to buy 105 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.defensenews.com\/global\/asia-pacific\/2020\/07\/15\/japan-highlights-f-35-acquisition-military-ops-amid-pandemic-in-new-whitepaper\/\" target=_blank>F-35<\/a> joint strike fighters, which would make it the biggest foreign customer of the Lockheed Martin-produced jet.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Crediting allies for purchases of U.S. military equipment is something the Trump administration has discussed as a way to meet the president\u2019s concerns, but to no avail. \u201cAgain, to him, it\u2019s very transactional. \u2019What are we being paid to defend them?\u2019\u201d the former administration official said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">For the U.S. to follow its defense strategy, based in great power competition with Russia and China, it cannot withdraw masses of troops over burden sharing, said James Carafano, vice president for national security and foreign policy at the conservative Heritage Foundation think tank.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">However, Carafano speculated that, like the plan to reposition U.S. troops in Europe, a second term for Trump could see some troops redistributed from South Korea to another location in the region, like Guam.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Still, the expense of big troop withdrawals undercuts any cost-savings arguments the administration might want to make.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cWhat\u2019s going to play into this is the transaction costs, and people can\u2019t move things around like they are cost-free,\u201d Carafano said. \u201cI find it hard to believe the benefits of moving the [Germany-based units] are going to outweigh the 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