arkansas senator tom cotton come agreement donald trump last week role nato disagree solution great idea time bring forefront senator tom cotton america role nato arkansas sen. tom cotton friday discuss participation meet donald trump early week remark republican presidential frontrunner similar concern come unite state role north atlantic treaty organization know speak early day washington post editorial board raise serious question nato share question cotton say interview msnbc morning joe use split cost 50/50 u.s. europe today 70-30 u.s. europe read politicoin interview washington post editorial board donald trump make accurate statement u.s. subsidization fellow nato members trump look see nato good thing look ukraine situation say ukraine country affect us far less affect countries nato yet lift anything say germany deal nato ukraine countries vicinity ukraine deal always one lead potentially third world war okay russia always ones think concept nato good think unite state help help give good example mean pay billions hundreds billions dollars support countries theory wealthy are.diehl hundreds billions trump billions.trump gop opponents jump comment accuse suggest u.s. leave nato least cut back support alliance.in fact trump correct u.s. pay hundreds billions dollars support countries via nato year never mind additional military subsidies non-nato allies.in 2014 collective gdp nato members us 37.5 trillion year alliance spend total us 924 billion military expenditures u.s. spend majority 610 billion accord sipri military expenditure database.consequently alliance collectively spend 2.47 gdp defense u.s. member value come 3.5 gdp word u.s. subsidize every member nato.this lead us follow chart show individual defense spend deficits toward common defense 2014 nato member note u.s. surplus us 180 billion equal sum member deficits.unsurprisingly germany us 47 billion per year canada us 26 billion per year big nato laggards follow closely spain italy us21 billion per year four countries constitute almost two thirds total nato deficit cover unite states.trump good instincts this.read american thinker donald trump right u.s. fund nato hundreds billions