Ben Rhodes
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And he's fundamentally wrong, right?
The strength of NATO isn't like a percentage.
The strength of NATO is the collective defense commitment.
And if one NATO member is threatening to invade and annex a territory or another, that goes out the window.
I should say, and this will anticipate your transition to our next topic.
I'm also, I'm mad at everybody today.
because it's been such a crappy couple weeks.
And not our wonderful team here.
You guys are fine.
I'm going to talk about the media here for a second.
Because, you know, he says these things.
Nobody is spending 5%.
That is a fiction.
It's a made-up thing.
They all promise to do it sometime in the future.