You need to look at everything the commander said then compare it with what Trump said
The commander
"It's very important," he said of the need for members to provide adequate funding for the alliance. "Without it we're not going to outpace Russia's modernization. We've got to have that in order to provide a credible force."
But Scaparrotti stopped short of saying the commitment to defend any NATO nation should be used as leverage to induce payments.
He called says the U.S. commitment to Article 5 of the NATO charter, which specifies an attack on one member is an attack on all, must be "ironclad" and that member countries should not be in doubt about that.
Now Trump Wonder how the commander would fill about Trump calling NATO obsolete.
“It was really designed for the Soviet Union, which doesn’t exist anymore,” “It wasn’t designed for terrorism.”
Later, at an event in Wausau, Wis., Mr. Trump seemed to acknowledge the controversy his initial remarks about NATO had prompted.
“I said here’s the problem with NATO: it’s obsolete,” Mr. Trump said
Either they have to pay up for past deficiencies or they have to get out.”
“And if it breaks up NATO, it breaks up NATO,” he concluded.