May 26, 2017 ... When the president suggests that many allies “owe massive amounts of money”  to the alliance, he has a point, but he ... at least 2 percent of its gross domestic  product on its own defense each year. ... Are NATO nations violating a rule? No.  ... “If all NATO members had spent just 2 percent of their G.D.P. on ...
Feb 24, 2017 ... Just 5 of the 28 alliance members meet the requirement agreed upon in 2006  that members spend at least 2 percent of their GDP on defense. ... more than the  entire national economic output of all but 20 countries in the world. ... Trump is  not wrong when he says the U.S. pays more than its fair share.
May 25, 2017 ... "Twenty-three of the 28 member nations are still not paying what they ... Treaty  members target spending 2% of economic output on defense -- but that is merely  a guideline. ... Only five of NATO's 28 members -- the U.S., Greece, Poland, ... At  a summit in 2014, all members who were falling short promised to ...
Jul 11, 2018 ... President Donald Trump is pushing other countries within the NATO military ... In  2017, only the U.S., U.K., Greece, Poland and Estonia reached the 2 percent  target. ... nations saying, "Twenty-three of the 28 member nations are still not ...  Merkel have pledged this year to increase defense spending — but ...
Jul 8, 2016 ... Poland is one of only five NATO members that meets the alliance's ... big  economies like France and Germany -- spend less than the amount ... NATO's  official guidelines say member states should spend at least 2% of their GDP on  defense. Of the 28 countries in the alliance, only five -- the U.S., Greece, ...
All 28 members of NATO have "pledged to spend at least 2 percent of their economy on defense. But only three countries do -- Britain, Greece and us."