Trump: Countries Take Advantage of Us on Trade and Military

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TRUMP: "And you know, it's not all about the rich countries, because the rich countries really do take advantage of us because they pay a very small percentage of their military. And they cheat on trade. They take advantage of us on trade. Other than that, they are wonderful. Okay? But there are countries that are poor. We don’t want anything from them. We want to help them. There are some horrible things going on in the world and we want to help those people. We don’t want money from them. We don't want that. We're not looking for that. But when you have massively wealthy countries that have very low military costs because the United States subsidizes them, so they take advantage of us on military. They could easily pay us the full amount. And they also take advantage of us on trade. So when I speak up, I mean, that’s why I get elected. Issues like that. Issues like the border. It would be so easy not to do anything. When they say I’m not popular in Europe, I shouldn’t be popular in Europe. If I was popular in Europe, I wouldn’t be doing my job. Because I want Europe to pay. Germany pays 1 percent. They should be paying 4 percent. They pay 1 percent. They should be paying even more than that. Other countries pay a small percentage of what they should be paying. So when I say, 'I'm sorry, folks, you have to pay up,' I shouldn't be popular in Europe.”