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Former President Donald Trump said Saturday he would encourage Russia to “do whatever the hell they want” if it attacked a NATO country that didn’t pay enough for defense.
Nato does not have an army of its own, but member countries can take collective military action in response to crises. For instance, it supported the UN by intervening in the war in the former ...
Donald Trump, the front-runner in the U.S. for the Republican Party's nomination this year, says he once warned that he would allow Russia to do whatever it wants to NATO member nations that are ...
Since Russia’s 2022 invasion of Ukraine, NATO gained those two members, bringing the total to 32. At the same time, Eastern and Central European members closer to Russia’s borders — the Baltic states, Poland and the Czech Republic — have stepped up support for Ukraine and NATO as an institution. But NATO is fragile.
A longtime critic of NATO countries that do not spend more on defense, Trump has threatened he would not defend alliance members that fail to meet defense spending goals. While some European countries have signaled upping their spending to Trump’s desired 5% of GDP would be an economic burden, other nations on the alliance’s eastern flank ...
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.
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.
On average, U.S. allies combined meet that figure, but around a third of the members still do not individually. Trump, who takes office on Jan. 20, threatened not to defend “delinquent” countries. NATO is founded on the principle that an attack on any member must be considered an attack on them all.