you spend on defense. that money doesn t go to nato itself. even as trump said, if people doubled there contribution to 4%, if croatia doubled it to 4%, they could buy one more m. 16 rifle. it doesn t matter. do they need us more than we need them? we need each other together. it was an alliance together to support these post war western organizations that the united states is the bal dlas and the foundation of. the european is our largest trade partner and largest investor. the world s two largest economies and can steer global trade to their advantage if they stick together. more than 4 million americans work for european companies in the u.s., 45 of the 50 states export more to europe than to china. if donald trump goes there and he starts angrily yelling at