10 Falsehoods From Trump's News Conference With Theresa May
WHAT TRUMP SAID
“In Germany, we have 52,000 troops.”
THE FACTS
This is exaggerated.
In its most recent report, the Pentagon’s Defense Manpower Data Center said that 34,821 American troops were stationed in Germany as of March 31.
Mr. Trump may have also been counting the number of National Guard troops, reserve troops and civilian personnel in Germany, but he would still be off by a few thousand people. An estimated 47,500 Defense Department personnel are in Germany.
WHAT TRUMP SAID
“We have left NATO with more money, with more unity, with more spirit, than NATO probably has ever had.”
THE FACTS
False.
Member states of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization have increased spending on their own militaries since 2014. At an annual meeting this week in Brussels, the member states affirmed their 2014 pledge to spend 2 percent of their gross domestic product on national defense by 2024.
But NATO’s members, including the United States, are still spending less money than they did during the Cold War.
Military spending across NATO is estimated to reach 2.4 percent of G.D.P. this year, according to a report that the alliance released on July 10. By comparison, member states spent 4.5 percent of GDP on national defense during the 1980s.
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