{"id":24508,"date":"2018-07-11T16:23:17","date_gmt":"2018-07-11T16:23:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/defensenews\/uncategorized\/2018\/07\/11\/trump-wants-nato-to-aim-for-4-percent-spending\/"},"modified":"2026-08-07T22:09:40","modified_gmt":"2026-08-07T22:09:40","slug":"trump-wants-nato-to-aim-for-4-percent-spending","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/defensenews\/smr\/nato-priorities\/2018\/07\/11\/trump-wants-nato-to-aim-for-4-percent-spending\/","title":{"rendered":"Trump wants NATO to aim for 4 percent defense spending"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">WASHINGTON \u2015 The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.defensenews.com\/smr\/nato-priorities\/2018\/07\/11\/trump-blasts-nato-allies-for-inaction-accuses-germany-of-being-under-russias-control\/?utm_medium=social&amp;utm_source=twitter.com&amp;utm_campaign=Socialflow\" target=\"_blank\">already contentious issue<\/a> of burden-sharing within NATO took an unexpected swerve hours into this week\u2019s alliance summit, with U.S. President Donald Trump telling allies he wants them to double their target for defense spending \u2015 a figure the U.S. does not currently hit.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Under the 2010 Wales summit, NATO states agreed to spend 2 percent of gross domestic product on defense, and 20 percent of overall defense spending for modernization, by 2024. Now Trump is telling allies he wants them to be hitting 4 percent.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Bulgarian President Rumen Radev told local reporters that Trump raised the idea of the higher target during meetings at the summit Wednesday, per Bloomberg. Shortly after, <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/PhilipRucker\/status\/1017073621678854147\" target=_blank>The Washington Post<\/a> confirmed Trump had called for the increase. White House Press Secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders has confirmed the news.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cDuring the President\u2019s remarks today at the NATO summit he suggested that countries not only meet their commitment of 2% of their GDP on defense spending, but that they increase it to 4%,\u201d she said in an official statement. \u201cThe President raised this same issue when he was at NATO last year.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The U.S. does not currently spend 4 percent GDP on defense, although Trump has pledged to grow the military during his time in office.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">According to 2017 figures from the <a href=\"https:\/\/data.worldbank.org\/indicator\/MS.MIL.XPND.GD.ZS?locations=FR-DE&#038;year_high_desc=true\" target=_blank>World Bank<\/a>, the nations spending more than 4 percent GDP on defense are Oman (12 percent), Saudi Arabia (10.2), Algeria (5.9), Kuwait (5.7), Republic of the Congo (5.6), Jordan (4.8), Israel (4.7), Lebanon (4.7), Russia (4.2) and Bahrain (4.0). The U.S. spent 3.1 percent GDP on defense in 2017.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.defensenews.com\/smr\/nato-priorities\/\" target=_blank><b>For more from the NATO summit, click here<\/b><\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Speaking to press minutes after Trump departed the summit, Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg was asked directly about Trump\u2019s request.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cI will focus only on what we have agreed, and we have agreed to be committed to the pledge [of] 2 percent. Let\u2019s start with that. We have a way to go,\u201d Stoltenberg said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThe good news is we have really started to deliver. I think that if you go back to 2014, and asked leaders, commentators whether European allies would make that much progress we had seen from 2014 up to today, I think many people would have doubted.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Stoltenberg noted that a number of allies have presented national plans to reach the original target by 2024, and that European defense spending levels are rising, even if they are not all at the target threshold.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cI think we should first get to 2 percent. Focus on that now,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Trump has been focused on NATO nations failing to hit the 2 percent target since his presidential campaign, casting members as freeloaders on the backs of America. That continued on the way to the summit, with Trump tweeting while flying to Brussels Monday that \u201cThe United States is spending far more on NATO than any other Country. This is not fair, nor is it acceptable.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">That tone continued in the early moments of the summit, with Trump <a href=\"https:\/\/www.defensenews.com\/smr\/nato-priorities\/2018\/07\/11\/trump-blasts-nato-allies-for-inaction-accuses-germany-of-being-under-russias-control\/?utm_medium=social&amp;utm_source=twitter.com&amp;utm_campaign=Socialflow\" target=\"_blank\">launching a broadside against Germany<\/a> for its spending. At the end of the day, Stoltenberg tried to smooth things over in public.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThere are differences, there are discussions, there are disagreements. But NATO has made a decision, and we are delivering on the defense pledge,\u201d Stoltenberg said. \u201cTo me, in the long run, substance is what counts, and in substance, NATO is delivering.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><i>This story has been updated to reflect Huckabee Sanders\u2019 statement.<\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>U.S. President Donald Trump has railed on NATO nations for not spending 2 percent GDP on defense. 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