Donald Trump again threatens to sacrifice Nato allies to Russia

The ex-president said that if they're not going to pay, we're not going to protect' at rally in South Carolina

Donald Trump has doubled down on his threat to undermine Nato, repeating his threat not to protect countries he believes do not pay enough to maintain the alliance and claiming such nations laugh at the stupidity" of the US.

On Wednesday night, at a rally in South Carolina, Trump said: I've been saying, Look, if they're not going to pay, we're not going to protect, OK?' And [Joe] Biden who said, Oh, this is so bad. This is so terrible that he would say that.' No ... nobody's paying their bills.