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Trump Likely To Push For Increase To NATO Burden Sharing Requirement: Analysts

Trump Likely To Push For Increase To NATO Burden Sharing Requirement: Analysts
Then President Donald Trump and President Emmanuel Macron of France during a pre-bilat discussion ahead of a NATO summit on Tuesday, Dec. 3, 2019, at Winfield House in London. (DoD photo by Army Staff Sgt. Nicole Mejia)

As NATO countries assess how a second Trump administration will approach alliance priorities, analysts on Thursday said the president-elect could look to push increasing the burden sharing requirement to have allies spend a greater percentage of gross domestic product on defense. Matthew Kroenig, vice president and senior director of the Atlantic Council’s Scowcroft Center for Strategy and Security, told reporters he could see Trump following through on a recent comment to have NATO countries pledge to spend three percent of…

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