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    Historian factchecks Trump’s Nato criticism as ex-president tells Europe to ‘PAY UP!’

    by Gustaf Kilander Feb 14, 2024 3 minutes
    Source: REUTERS

    Donald Trump drew widespread condemnation after his recent comments that he would encourage Russia to invade Nato countries that don’t spend enough on defence.

    A leading historian, Timothy Snyder, noted on X on Tuesday that when it comes to aid to Ukraine, the US is lagging behind some European countries when it comes to per capita assistance to the wartorn country.

    After President Joe Biden called Mr Trump’s Nato comments “un-American”, Mr Trump wrote on Truth Social on: “Could somebody please inform our uninformable President that NATO has to pay their bills!

    “They are

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