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NATO: Trump's efforts to get alliance members to meet their treaty obligations worked. 23 NATO members are paying their fair share.
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More (FWIW they're never going to give Trump credit)...
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Defence Expenditure of NATO Countries (2014-2023)
[pdf nato int 07JUL23
PUBLIC DIPLOMACY DIVISION Press Release]
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Backup
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The numbers speak from themselves. Since NATO Allies agreed that we'd each spend 2% of GDP on our own national defenses, we've seen 9 straight years of increases.
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The pictures from USAmbNATO's post above.
Graph 1 from page 2
Graph 5 from page 4
Defence Expenditure of NATO Countries (2014-2023)
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Graph 1 from page 2
Graph 5 from page 4
Funding NATO
- nato.int/cps/en/natohq/…
The Defence Investment Pledge endorsed in 2014 called for Allies to meet the 2% of GDP guideline for defence spending and the 20% of annual defence expenditure guideline on major new equipment by 2024.
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NATO Spending by Country
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Trump says U.S. won’t rush to defend NATO countries if they don’t spend more on military [21JUL16]
- washingtonpost.com/world/national…
Newt Gingrich: NATO countries "ought to worry" about U.S. commitment [21JUL16]
- cbsnews.com/news/newt-ging…
Trump scolds NATO allies over defense spending [May 25, 2017]
- cnn.com/2017/05/25/pol…
Remarks by President Trump at NATO [25MAY17]
- ru.usembassy.gov/remarks-presid…
Watch: President Trump's speech at NATO HQ
[CBS News 25MAY17]
During a press event with other Western leaders at NATO headquarters in Brussels, President Trump said "NATO members must finally contribute their fair share." Watch the full speech here.
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Our strengthened defences have been made possible because Allies are spending more.
Defence spending across European Allies and Canada is up 18% this year alone, the biggest increase in decades
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NATO Secretary General: “Our most urgent task at the Summit will be support to Ukraine”
On Friday (5 July 2024), Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg previewed next week’s Washington Summit
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