No. Trump did not increase the NATO budget. No.
Posted: Wed Dec 04, 2019 7:05 pm
https://www.nato.int/cps/en/natohq/news_112461.htm
And Trump shamelessly took credit for the 2014 pledge of every country paying their fair share. And his base repeats the lies. And on and on it goes.The Alliance’s 28 leaders agreed at their Wales Summit on Friday (5 September 2014) to reverse the trend of declining defence budgets and raise them over the coming decade, a move that will further strengthen the transatlantic bond. “In this dangerous world we recognise that we need to invest additional effort and money so today the Alliance made a pledge on defence investment,” said NATO Secretary General Anders Fogh Rasmussen.