NATO's 5% percent spending goal: realistic or just sweet-talking Trump? | DW News

NATO members have agreed to Donald Trump's demand for drastically higher defense spending. The alliance's summit in the Netherlands has been dominated by Trump's call for European members to raise spending on defense to 5% of their national output by 2035.

Trump hailed the agreement as a 'great victory for everyone.' All NATO members except Spain and Slovakia are committed to the spending increases. Trump also met with Volodymyr Zelenskyy in The Hague and reaffirmed his commitment to NATO's mutual security pact.

00:00 NATO members agree to defense spending hike
03:04 Gebrielius Landsbergis, Former Lithuanian Foreign Minister
11:47 Teri Schultz, DW Correspondent
14:20 Aylin Matlé, German Council on Foreign Relations

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Post from DW News on June 25, 2025

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