Many NATO countries have agreed to step up payments considerably, as they should. Money is beginning to pour in- NATO will be much stronger.
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) May 27, 2017
False. First of all, there is no NATO pool of money. And second, the NATO countries agreed to increase their military spending to 2% of their GDP years ago. That had nothing to do with him if that's what he's implying.
Second lie:
Bringing hundreds of billions of dollars back to the U.S.A. from the Middle East - which will mean JOBS, JOBS, JOBS!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) May 27, 2017
If by "Middle East" he means the military sale to Saudi Arabia, that sale was agreed BEFORE Trump went the Middle East. And in fact, it was a terrible deal for the US, as Jared Kushner called the head of Lockheed Martin to ask him to LOWER the price of the sale.
And by the way; that sale does NOT create jobs. It only benefits arms dealers.
So Trump, as usual, is lying.
UPDATE: The New York Times ran a fact check on Trump's NATO claim and, as you would expect, Trump's claim is bullshit.
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