Trump has discussed with aides the possibility of calibrating America’s NATO engagement in a way that favors members of the alliance that spend a set percentage of their gross domestic product on defense, the officials said. As part of the potential policy shift, the U.S. might not defend a fellow NATO member that is attacked if the country doesn’t meet the defense spending threshold, the officials said. If Trump does make that change, it would mark a significant shift from a core tenet of the alliance known as Article 5, which says that an attack on any NATO country is an attack on all of them.
Trump considering major NATO policy shift
Which defeats the point of NATO, Lmao. You don't get to pick and choose who you defend in a defensive alliance. Anyway..."According to NATO’s most recent statistics, last year 23 NATO members’ defense spending exceeded 2% of their GDP. Five of those nations — Estonia, Greece, Latvia, Poland and the U.S. — spent more than 3% on defense. Poland had the highest percentage, dedicating 4.12% of its GDP to defense."
The countries that in the past didn't meet the 2% were often the ones not even in danger of being invaded anyway, the countries that were in danger of being invaded, like Poland and the Baltics, have met the 2% for a long time, but I doubt Trump even knows that, I'm betting he will instead demand an unachievable goal of say, 5% of GDP in defence spending, considering the majority are now meeting 2%. I do think 3% should be the target now, but I would never say "Lul. You're on your own to be slaughtered because you didn't spend 2%+ on your defence" to an ally.
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