The President of the United States, Donald Trump, repeated this Thursday (23) his desire for all member countries of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) to spend 5% of their GDP on their defense budgets. The statement was made at the World Economic Forum in Davos, through a speech via videoconference.
“As we restore common sense in America, we are moving quickly to bring back strength, peace and stability abroad,” Trump said. “I will also ask all NATO nations to increase defense spending to 5% of GDP, which is what it should have been years ago.”
“It was only 2% and most member countries didn’t pay until I showed up,” the president added. “I insisted that they pay, and they did, because the United States was actually paying the difference at that time.”
While most NATO members do not meet the alliance’s goal of each member spending a minimum of 2% of GDP on defense, the 2% target is a “guideline” that does not create bills, debts or legal obligations if not met. . In fact, the directive does not require payments to NATO or the US.
Trump is not the first president to lament NATO spending.
This content was originally published in Trump reiterates desire for NATO countries to spend 5% of GDP on defense on the CNN Brasil website.
Source: CNN Brasil
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