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Trump Wants NATO Burden Sharing Requirement Pushed To 5% Of GDP On Defense

By Matthew Beinart

Thursday, January 23rd, 2025

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Trump Wants NATO Burden Sharing Requirement Pushed To 5% Of GDP On Defense

President Donald Trump addresses the audience after the inaugural parade during the 60th Presidential Inauguration at Capital One Arena in Washington, D.C., Jan. 20, 2025. (DoD photo by Staff Sgt. Danny Gonzalez)

President Trump on Thursday said he plans to ask NATO nations to increase their defense spending to five percent of gross domestic product. After floating the idea to boost NATO’s defense spending target up from two percent in previous remarks, Trump reiterated the idea during virtual remarks at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland. “[That] is what it should have been years ago — it was only at two percent, and most nations didn’t pay until I came along;…

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