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Amid the United States’ dispute with fellow NATO members over Greenland which dominated the news agenda last week, Donald Trump claimed that prior to him taking office the US “was paying for virtually 100% of NATO”.

But how much does the US actually contribute? And how does this compare with other NATO members?

Read our full analysis here

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Meghan
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