Report: DOD, State gave NATO $555 million in FY-17

The Defense and State departments gave NATO a total of $554.8 million during fiscal year 2017, according to a recently submitted State Department report to Congress.

The report, submitted this week, covers "the extent and disposition of all financial contributions made by the United States during the preceding year to international organizations in which the United States participates as a member."

DOD for its part allocated $499.1 million to NATO, of which nearly $335.1 million went through the Army operations and defense account, according to the report. Another $116.7 million went to NATO's Security Investment Program and the Army's Overseas Contingency Operations fund sent nearly $47.4 million.

The State Department allocated slightly more than $55.7 million to NATO, of which $52.4 million went to the organization as a whole, according to the report. Additionally, nearly $2.4 million went to NATO's Support and Procurement Agency (NSPA) and $946,428 went to the alliance's Parliamentary Assembly.

President Trump, who attended the NATO Summit in July, tweeted before he left that the United States is "spending far more on NATO than any other country" and that the situation "is not fair, nor is it acceptable." Trump also said the alliance "benefits Europe far more than it does the U.S."