It’s kind of baffling how Trump, a famed liar, made this claim, and people just… went along with it? Like, it’s _Trump_. It’s not even a “trust, but verify” sit

It’s kind of baffling how Trump, a famed liar, made this claim, and people just… went along with it? Like, it’s _Trump_. It’s not even a “trust, but verify” situation, it is an “assume made up, and verify” situation. In real life, the US has committed ~120bn euro of which 114bn has been allocated; Europe (including the UK) has committed 250bn euro of which 130bn has been allocated (in both cases this is a combo of military aid and economic support). So about the same in terms of money spent, though the US would find it much easier to _stop_ spending. Even the most extravagant US _official_ (ie not just made up by Trump) claims would only come to about 170bn.