"They are a wealthy country and should be at 2%. We protect Europe and yet, only 8 of the 28 NATO countries are at the 2% mark. The United States is at a much, much higher level than that."
A masterclass in Bollox. NATO spent well over 14 times as much on defense in 2018 as the supposed "enemy" Russia did on its military forces ... NATO Europe by itself spent well over 4 times as much on defense as Russia...Europe's already overblown military budget is merely there to subsidise US "Defence Industry" manufacture and support the US Military Industrial complex.