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The current occupant of the Oval Office has announced this morning that the \u201cUS is back!\u201d in NATO. \u00a0https:\/\/www.abc27.com\/news\/us-world\/politics\/europe-applauds-bidens-approach-stresses-cooperation\/<\/a><\/p>\n What that person is implying is that the US government (under Trump) expected the NATO allies to pay the entire thing. This was completely not true. As indicated in the article below, Trump simply indicated that they should not expect the US to shoulder the bulk of that burden.<\/p>\n From the AP article:\u00a0 BERLIN (AP) \u2014 Collective sighs of relief could be heard from many European capitals Saturday after U.S. President Joe Biden made clear in his first major foreign policy address since taking office that he rejected the \u201cAmerica First\u201d and transactional approach of his predecessor and urged cooperation among Western allies.<\/p>\n At the same time, politicians and observers cautioned that some of the sources of tension from Donald Trump\u2019s presidency remained and that the allies have serious work ahead of them, once Biden\u2019s honeymoon is over.<\/p>\n \u201cBiden gave exactly the speech that many Europeans wanted to hear \u2013 an America that pats you on the shoulders, that doesn\u2019t criticize or demand,\u201d wrote Germany\u2019s influential Der Spiegel magazine after Biden on Friday became the first American president to appear at the Munich Security Conference, albeit in virtual form. – article<\/p>\n From 2019, this Reuters article indicates that Pres. Trump simply asked the NATO allies to pay their share of the $2.5 billion in costs to run NATO.<\/p>\n