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U.S. President Donald Trump renewed his criticism of allies' defence spending, stating that the United States spends far more than other NATO members to protect the alliance while receiving no benefit in return.

Arguing that the United States bears the majority of the financial burden, Trump compared national defence budgets, saying: "The United States spends much more money than any other country to protect NATO, and it gets nothing out of it."

Trump said: "The United States spends 999 billion dollars, the United Kingdom 90.5 billion dollars, France 66.5 billion dollars, Italy 48.8 billion dollars, and Poland 44.3 billion dollars."

Emphasizing that the defence spending of other allies, particularly Germany, remains too low, Trump concluded: "The spending of other countries, including Germany, is much lower."