The Latest: NATO Leaders Gathering for Key Summit
- NATO member leaders, including US President Donald Trump, gathered in the Netherlands for a summit on defense spending.
- They are expected to agree on a new defense spending target of 5 percent of gross domestic product.
- Spain announced that it wouldn't be able to reach the target by the new 2035 deadline, calling it 'unreasonable'.
- Trump insisted that 'there's a problem with Spain. Spain is not agreeing, which is very unfair to the rest of them, frankly'.
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NATO leaders yield to Trump pressure, agree to massive defence spending hike
NATO leaders gathered at a summit in The Hague on Wednesday endorsed an increase in members’ defence spending to 5 percent of GDP and restated the mutual defence clause of the pact’s founding commitments.…

The Latest: NATO leaders gather for key summit
NATO member leaders including U.S. President Donald Trump are gathering for a summit in the Netherlands. They are expected to agree upon a new defense spending target of 5% of gross domestic product. But Spain announced before Wednesday's summit that…
The Latest: NATO leaders holding key summit in The Hague
NATO member leaders, including U.S. President Donald Trump, were holding a summit on Wednesday in the Netherlands. They are expected to agree upon a new defense spending target of 5% of gross domestic product. But Spain announced that it wouldn’t be able to reach the target by the new 2035 deadline, calling it “unreasonable.” Belgium signaled that it wouldn’t get there either, and Slovakia said it reserves the right to decide its own defense spe…
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