NATO leaders have agreed on a massive hike in defense spending after pressure from President Trump. At the NATO summit in the Netherlands, nearly all 32 alliance members voted to boost defense spending by 5 percent of their nations’ GDP. President Trump called it a “big win for Europe and…for Western civilization.” He said the increase […]
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Trump calls NATO agreement to boost defense spending a “big win”
NATO leaders have agreed on a massive hike in defense spending after pressure from President Trump.
At the NATO summit in the Netherlands, nearly all 32 alliance members voted to boost defense spending by 5 percent of their nations’ GDP. President Trump called it a “big win for Europe and…for Western civilization.” He said the increase will add more than one trillion dollars per year to NATO’s common defense.