The summary

Framed NATO defense spending increases as dues owed to the U.S., which misrepresents how NATO funding works.

The fact-check

NATO has no dues owed to the United States. Member countries pledged in 2014, well before Trump took office, to raise defense spending to 2% of GDP by 2024.

Truth on the record

Defense-spending increases by NATO allies were driven by the 2014 Wales Summit pledge after Russia's annexation of Crimea. Increases predate Trump's tenure.