United States President Donald Trump said today that he is not sure whether his country should be spending money on NATO. Speaking to reporters, he emphasized that the US offers protection to members of the Alliance, but does not receive corresponding support from them. Earlier today, Trump demanded that the remaining members of the Alliance increase their defense spending to 5% of their GDP – a huge increase compared to the current target of 2% and a figure that no NATO country, including the US , does not reach so far. “I’m not sure we should be spending anything, but we certainly should be helping them,” Trump told reporters after signing the executive order at the White House. “We protect them. They don’t protect us”, he emphasized emphatically. “They should rise from 2% to 5% (of GDP),” he added, referring to the amount of defense spending by each NATO member country, repeating what he had said […]
Source: News Beast
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