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.
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.
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
On Friday, March 14 at 7:03 p.m. ET, Falcon 9 launched Dragon's tenth operational human spaceflight mission (Crew-10) to the International Space Station from Launch Complex 39A (LC-39A) at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida.
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Anne C. McClain
NASA Astronaut and U.S. Army Colonel
Russia is indeed open to talks where things can be negotiated right now
Ukraine isn’t opposed to negotiations __ but __ it demands certain things be in place first
More weapons and equipment give Ukraine a fighting chance, but a shrinking force undermines their effectiveness over time. Russia’s numerical edge could grind Ukraine down unless casualties or economic collapse force Moscow to relent first
New York Judge Paul Engelmayer just forbade all political appointees — including Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent — from accessing Dept. of Treasury data, all based on Blueanon conspiracy theories!!