claim: says donald trump "was asked if he would defend our allies. he said well, first he'd want to know if they made any payments to us to defend them."
author: hillary clinton
evidence_1: nov 10, 2016 ... trump has made headlines throughout the campaign by publicly praising putin  and expressing policy positions — like hinting that he'd prefer if syrian president  bashar al-assad, ... in the july interview, the new york times's david sanger  asked trump if he would defend our allies in nato and east asia.
evidence_2: jul 21, 2016 ... trump: we can't. sanger: but i guess the question is, if we can't, do you think  that your presidency, let's assume for a moment that they contribute what ....  doing very well. then yes, i would be absolutely prepared to tell those countries, ' congratulations, you will be defending yourself.' ” donald trump, on ...
evidence_3: aug 4, 2016 ... trump said he might use nuclear weapons and questioned why we would make  them if we wouldn't use them. matthews: well, why would you ... trump: the  question was asked — we were talking about nato — which, by the way, i say is  obsolete and we pay a dis —. matthews: but you got hooked ...
evidence_4: apr 5, 2016 ... even if all these machinations caused mexico to cough up cash, the u.s.  congress would need to appropriate the money to build the wall. “it is likely that  the vote for ... trump would be able to say he'd made good on a key campaign  pledge, but he'd pay a pretty penny for the privilege. it's difficult to imagine ...
evidence_5: oct 19, 2016 ... candidates donald trump and hillary clinton debated wednesday night in las  vegas — the final time before the november election. ... they're running millions  of dollars of ads against me and i regret that, because what i would like to see is  for people to come together and say, of course we're going to ...