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Former President Donald Trump has again criticized the New York criminal trial, saying it is “election interference by (President Joe) Biden, because it’s the only way he can think of to get elected, because he accomplished nothing.”
With that, Trump said he is “honored” to “sit [in court] day after day” about something that “according to the greatest legal scholars – is not even a crime”.
Asked what his plans for campaigning would be while he was in court, Trump replied: “I’ll do it at night.”
Earlier, the Republican told reporters: “I will be here during the day and I will campaign during the night”, needling the current president, saying “Biden should be doing the same thing, but he will be sleeping”. He accused the White House, the New York attorney general, the Justice Department and the Manhattan district attorney of coordinating against him.
In front of cameras in the courtroom hallway, the former president also spoke about recent comments he made about NATO.
“The NATO countries have to pay. They have to pay their bills,” Trump said. “They’re not paying, they’re not paying what they should and they laugh at the stupidity of the United States of America, where we have a guy who gives 60 billion dollars every time someone comes and asks.”
It is worth remembering that NATO, a military alliance led by the United States, announced on Wednesday that it expects 18 of the 31 members of the alliance to spend at least 2% of their GDP on defense this year. This is the limit promised by member countries a decade ago, which serves as a “guideline” and not as a legal debt or obligation.