NATO, Trump and spending

Can Trump force the hand of NATO allies to spend up to 5% of GDP on defense?
As President Trump looks to fix the issues that irk him the most, the issue of NATO defense spending — one of his perennial bugbears — is returning to the fore.
Why meeting Trump's military spending target could be tough for NATO's lowest spender
Europe’s military heavyweights have already said that meeting President Donald Trump’s potential challenge to spend up to 5% of their economic output on security would be challenging
Trump says he is not sure US should be spending anything on NATO
U.S. President Donald Trump on Thursday said he was not sure the United States should be spending anything on NATO, telling reporters the U.S. was protecting NATO members, but they were "not protecting us.
Donald Trump urges NATO allies to spend 5 per cent of GDP on defence
US President Donald Trump has asked all NATO nations to increase their defence spending to 5 per cent of their GDP.
Trump calls for increase in NATO spending that could drive Pentagon budget beyond $1 trillion
President Donald Trump said NATO countries must sharply increase their defense spending, demanding member states push beyond current benchmarks that many of them already struggle to hit.
Trump urges NATO countries to raise defense spending to 5% of GDP
NATO countries should increase their defense spending to 5% of GDP. It would be a fair approach to reduce the financial burden on the United States, stated US President Donald Trump at the World Economic Forum in Davos.
Trump aims for NATO to boost defense spending
I’m also going to ask all NATO nations to increase defense spending to 5% of [gross domestic product], which is what it should have been years ago,” he said in remarks given virtually to the. He noted that “most nations didn’t pay until I came along” in his first term in office.
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