The claim
"Our Nato partners, as an example, were far behind in their defence payments. But at my strong urging, they agreed to pay $130bn more a year"
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The $130bn referred to isn't an annual figure, it's the total added by Nato countries since 2016. Nato Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg said in December 2019 that "Since 2016, Canada and European allies have added $130 billion more to the defense budgets, and this number will increase to 400 billion US dollars by 2024."
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