NATO, Trump

Why meeting Trump’s military spending target could be tough for NATO’s lowest spender
Europe’s military heavyweights have already said that meeting Donald Trump’s potential challenge to spend up to 5% of their economic output on security would be challenging.
Sanchez Says Spain Pulling Its Weight in NATO After Trump Criticism of Defence Spending
Spain spent $22.27 billion on defence in 2024, NATO figures show, the 10th largest contribution in absolute terms among the 31 NATO allies, but this amounts to an estimated 1.28%
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.
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.
Donald Trump urges NATO nations to increase defence spending to 5 per cent of GDP
US President Donald Trump, speaking at the World Economic Forum in Davos on Thursday, called for NATO nations to increase their defense spending to 5 percent of GDP, emphasizing that the United States has been shouldering an unfair burden in global defense spending,
Trump mistakes Spain for a member of the BRICS bloc and repeats the threat of massive tariffs
U.S. president Donald Trump has apparently confused Spain for a member of the BRICS bloc of developing economies, causing ...
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Spain-NATO-Spending
- A general view of the Meeting of the North Atlantic Council Session with fellow heads of state at the NATO summit at the ...
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Thousands protest in Madrid against NATO summit
Thousands of anti-NATO demonstrators rallied in Madrid before a summit of the Western military alliance in the Spanish capital this week. According to media reports, demonstrators called for ...
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Spain's Defense Dilemma: Balancing NATO Targets with Political Realities
As NATO pressures Spain to boost defense spending, facing challenges due to its historical aversion to militarism, political ...
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Romania participates in three of NATO's eight battle groups on the eastern flank
Romania's armed forces have expanded their involvement in NATO's defense measures on the eastern flank by contributing ...
Donald Trump seems to confuse Spain with South Africa: ‘You’ll figure it out’
You’ll figure it out’ - Trump wrongly told a reporter: ‘They’re a Brics nation, Spain. Do you know what a Brics nation is?
Donald Trump's Geopolitical Flub Causes Head-Scratching, Jitters In Europe
BARCELONA, Spain (AP) — U.S. President Donald Trump has apparently confused Spain for a member of the BRICS bloc of ...
Trump Fumes At Biden, NATO & EU, Threatens Putin With Sanctions | 'They Treat Us Badly'
Donald Trump announced a $500 billion AI infrastructure investment in the country in his first press conference as the 47th ...