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Rick Santorum stated on February 17, 2012 in a campaign event:

Says in the last 20 years, the French have not "stood by" the United States on foreign policy.

By Louis Jacobson• February 22, 2012

John Kerry stated on July 11, 2018 in a statement:

Since 2014, "each year, (NATO) nations have been increasing their contributions."

By Jon Greenberg• July 12, 2018

Donald Trump stated on September 24, 2019 in an exchange with reporters at the UN:

"Europe and other nations (need to) contribute to Ukraine. Because they’re not doing it. Just the United States. We’re putting up the bulk of the money."

By Jon Greenberg• September 25, 2019

Joe Biden stated on August 20, 2021 in a press conference:

There has been “no question of our credibility from our allies around the world” regarding how the U.S. is withdrawing from Afghanistan.

By Miriam Valverde• August 26, 2021

Donald Trump stated on July 12, 2018 in a press conference after the NATO summit:

"The United States was paying for anywhere from 70 to 90 percent of (NATO), depending on the way you calculate."

By Heaven Taylor-Wynn• July 12, 2018

Barack Obama stated on May 13, 2008 in Cape Girardeau, Miss.:

"NATO hasn't provided enough troops (in Afghanistan) because they are still angry about us going into Iraq."

By Robert Farley• May 19, 2008

Jeb Bush stated on November 18, 2015 in a speech at the Citadel:

For NATO exercises, "we don’t have enough of our own hardware and equipment even for training purposes. So the Brits are spotting us choppers."

By Amy Sherman• November 25, 2015

Threads posts stated on November 10, 2024 in a Threads post:

“NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte says that ‘if Trump surrenders Ukraine to Putin, he will personally expel the United States from the alliance.’”

By Ciara O'Rourke• November 13, 2024

Michael Morell stated on September 19, 2016 in an open letter to Donald Trump:

Says Donald Trump has outlined "policies that read like a Kremlin wish list."

By C. Eugene Emery Jr.• September 22, 2016

Hillary Clinton stated on February 26, 2008 in a debate in Cleveland:

"He (Obama) chairs the subcommittee on Europe. ... He's held not one substantive hearing to do oversight."

By Robert Farley• February 27, 2008

Nicholas Burns stated on July 11, 2018 in comments on MSNBC's "Morning Joe":

European allies "pay us $2.5 billion a year to keep our forces there. It would cost us more money to bring the troops home than to keep them in Europe."

By Louis Jacobson• July 12, 2018

Paul Ryan stated on June 11, 2014 in a speech:

All 28 members of NATO have "pledged to spend at least 2 percent of their economy on defense. But only three countries do -- Britain, Greece and us."

By Tom Kertscher• June 19, 2014

Donald Trump stated on April 12, 2017 in a press conference:

On whether NATO is "obsolete."

By Lauren Carroll• April 12, 2017

Joe Biden stated on July 09, 2024 in a speech in Washington D.C.:

In 2020, “only nine NATO allies were spending 2%” of their GDP on defense. “This year, 23 will spend at least 2%.”

By Madison Czopek• July 12, 2024

Rex Tillerson stated on October 15, 2017 in a CNN "State of the Union" interview:

"The president early on called on NATO member countries to step up their contributions ... and as a result of that countries have stepped up contributions toward their own defense."

By Allison Graves• October 15, 2017

Bernie Sanders stated on April 14, 2016 in the Democratic debate in Brooklyn, N.Y.:

"We spend about 75 percent of the entire cost of the military aspect of NATO."

By Jon Greenberg• April 19, 2016

Hillary Clinton stated on March 23, 2016 in remarks at Stanford University:

"It’s actually easier for the United States to get flight manifests from E.U. nations than it is for E.U. nations to get them from their own neighbors, thanks to an agreement the U.S. negotiated when I was secretary of state."

By Lauren Carroll• March 29, 2016

Hillary Clinton stated on August 02, 2016 in a campaign ad:

Says Donald Trump "has been talking about the option of using a nuclear weapon against our Western European allies."

By Allison Graves• August 12, 2016

Viral image stated on March 26, 2022 in a Facebook post:

Joe Biden’s comments prove that food shortages are being “done deliberately by the governments of the world.”

By Ciara O'Rourke• April 18, 2022

TikTok posts stated on November 21, 2021 in a TikTok post:

Richard von Coudenhove-Kalergi planned “the ethnocide of the peoples of Europe” through “the encouragement of mass non-white immigration.”

By Luiz Romero• January 24, 2022

Why Donald Trump’s boast that he got ‘delinquent’ NATO allies to ‘pay up’ is misleading

By Amy Sherman• February 14, 2024

Fact-checking Donald Trump's Davos speech on Greenland, US economy

By Louis Jacobson, Maria Ramirez Uribe, Amy Sherman• January 21, 2026

Fact-checking President Trump’s NATO summit news conference in Brussels

By Jon Greenberg, Bill McCarthy• July 12, 2018

Fact-checking Trump's text message to Norway’s prime minister about Nobel Peace Prize, NATO

By Amy Sherman• January 20, 2026

One year into Russia’s war in Ukraine: A look at U.S. aid, and why the U.S. is involved

By Louis Jacobson• February 23, 2023

Is Donald Trump’s NATO talk a warning or a negotiating tactic? Here’s what he has said

By Matthew Crowley, Amy Sherman• March 6, 2024

Bad report about European Union countries providing airplanes for Ukraine stokes confusion

By Monique Curet• March 4, 2022

Fact-checking Donald Trump’s mistakes about European travel due to coronavirus

By Miriam Valverde• March 12, 2020

Does the U.S. have a 'massive' trade deficit with Germany, as Donald Trump said?

By Louis Jacobson• May 30, 2017

Joe Biden’s inauguration in extraordinary times, fact-checked

By Jon Greenberg, Louis Jacobson• January 20, 2021

Fact-checking Donald Trump's interview on 60 Minutes

By Louis Jacobson• October 15, 2018

Who is Kurt Volker? What to listen for in his impeachment testimony

By Louis Jacobson• November 19, 2019

PunditFact fact-checks the Jan. 11 news shows

By Lauren Carroll, Jon Greenberg, Katie Sanders• January 11, 2015

Fact-checking the Jan. 11 Sunday shows

By Lauren Carroll, Jon Greenberg, Katie Sanders• January 11, 2015

Donald Trump presume que él ‘hizo pagar’ a los aliados de la OTAN, pero eso es engañoso

By Amy Sherman• February 21, 2024

Trying to pin down what Donald Trump thinks about abortion, the minimum wage, taxes, and U.S. debt

By Louis Jacobson• May 11, 2016

Fact-checking the June 26 Sunday shows

By Lauren Carroll, Jon Greenberg, Aaron Sharockman• June 26, 2016

Fact-checking Donald Trump's rally in Charleston, W.Va.

By Louis Jacobson• August 22, 2018

Did Trump campaign soften platform language to benefit Russia?

By Allison Graves• August 4, 2016

Ask PolitiFact: What is China's Belt and Road Initiative, and why is Joe Biden concerned?

By Louis Jacobson• June 16, 2021

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