U.S. President Donald Trump right listens to U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo during press conference after a summit of heads of state and government at NATO headquarters in Brussels Belgium Thursday
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Trump said he believes spending on defence should rise to 4% of GDP, but North Atlantic Treaty Organisation members have not agreed to any increase on the 2% pledge from 2014, which came after pressure from President Barack Obama.
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That would represent a massive upheaval of budgetary priorities in Europe where Germany and many others have pledged only to reach 2 percent by 2024 or later, the report noted.
Still, European economies have been growing recently, making the 2 percent of GDP target ever harder to achieve, and Trump's spending demand is at least in part aimed at drumming up business for the USA defense industry.
At the same breakfast (and on several other occasions later in the day), Trump blasted German Chancellor Angela Merkel for an energy deal her country has with Russian Federation, saying they are "totally controlled by Russian Federation", and a "captive" of the country.
The issue dominated the president's public remarks after he arrived in Brussels on Tuesday, striking fear among European officials that the president would question the US' role in the alliance.
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"He's been very nice to me the times I've met him".
Another NATO diplomat said Trump trampled on protocol by pointing at some leaders he said were not spending enough and addressing Merkel by her first name, referring to her as "you, Angela". President Trump "didn't set a timetable, but he was very clear that other countries needed to step up and fulfill their obligations", Sanders told ABC News.
Describing the dynamics of the talks, he said, "I was using the term a lot today: burden-sharing".
Trump's campaign and transition team have been accused of colluding with Russian agents in an effort to influence the 2016 United States election against Hillary Clinton.
Indeed, very little happened in Brussels that had not been planned well in advance; apart from Trump sparking an unscheduled discussion about defense spending. They're going to up it at levels that they never thought of before... Though NATO allies have squabbled in the past, Trump seemed to be leaving in his wake not just bruised feelings, but deeper concerns about the future of the Western alliance that has served as a bedrock of the worldwide order.
"The president has been consistent that he wants to see people spending more on defence in their countries and we are very pleased that we are doing exactly that".
During Trump's meeting with Putin, McCain said, the president "must reverse his disturbing tendency to show America's adversaries the deference & esteem that should be reserved for our allies". However, EU officials claim that "while USA defense spending makes up 70 percent of combined allied governments' military budgets, just 15 percent of US expenditure is spent in Europe on NATO-related defense".
Currently, all leaders were in a "confused state" because everyone was wondering what the condition for the four per cent meant, and the extent to which Trump was serious, Radev said. It's one of those things. "We committed ourselves to spending a bit more".
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