EXCERPT:
RUTTE: “Trump 45 plus Trump 47. A total of extra spent by the Europeans and the Canadians of $1.2 trillion. When you look at the effect of Trump 47, so, the isolated effect of the extra defense spending in 2025 and 2026, you see almost $140 billion extra spent nominal on defense by the Europeans and the Canadians. And also, this year you will again see an increase by about $120 billion, which brings a total in two years of over $250 billion. I can assure you, this is because of Russia, because of the threat. But I’m also absolutely convinced that you being president of the United States, being consistently pushing for something which, since Eisenhower, has not been achieved, which is the Europeans equalizing their defense spending with the United States. This is your evidence.”
