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President-elect Donald Trump said Tuesday that NATO member countries “were taking advantage” of the U.S. and should be paying more than double what they currently are required to pay for their ...
Donald Trump's suggestion for increased NATO defense spending has divided European countries. Trump called for NATO members to raise defense spending to 5% of GDP.
Atop the list is Lithuania, which has given 1.8 per cent as a share of its GDP to Ukraine – 1.4 per cent in bilateral aid and 0.4 per cent as its share of EU aid.
NATO in 2025 . The North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) is an international military alliance consisting of 32 member states from Europe and North America. It was established at the signing of the North Atlantic Treaty on 4 April 1949. Of the 32 member countries, 30 are in Europe and two are in North America.
President Trump got our allies to increase their NATO spending by demanding they pay up, but Joe Biden went back to letting them take advantage of the American taxpayer.
The share of total expenditure, the average defence spending was 2.5 % in 2021 in the EU and 2.4% in the euro area. As a share of GDP the average was 1.3% in the EU and in the euro area. [1] Total defence expenditure of the European Defence Agency (EDA) Member States was €279 billion in 2023, which was 1.6% of the 27 EDA Member States’ GDP. [2]
The donation of military aid was coordinated at monthly meetings in the Ukraine Defense Contact Group throughout the war. A first meeting took place between 41 countries on 26 April 2022, and the coalition comprised 54 countries (all 30 member states of NATO and 24 other countries) at the latest meeting on 14 February 2023. [13]
Since 2014, NATO members have been asked to contribute an unofficial commitment of 2% of their gross domestic product on NATO defense spending. "Well, first of all, it's just Trump being Trump.