Source: BBC News [UK State Media]
“Nato leaders including President Trump and Prime Minister Keir Starmer are meeting to agree a big increase in defence [sic] spending, but nearly a third of the alliance’s members have not reached the existing spending target. The new target will be to spend 5% of the size of their economies, measured by GDP, on ‘core defence’ along with defence-related areas such as security. But the latest Nato estimates show nine members spent less than the existing target of 2% of GDP. Trump has been critical of the lowest spender, Spain which he called ‘notorious for its low spending.’ Rachel Ellehuus, director of the defence think tank Rusi sees evidence of a spending split within Nato, along geographical lines.” (06/24/25)