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5% defense spending
Coverage of 5% defense spending in the Nexus archive.
- Trump won big spending promises from NATO last year. This week in Turkey, he’ll try to enforce them
President Trump secured NATO members' commitments to increase defense spending to 5% of GDP over the next decade last year and aims to enforce these pledges during an upcoming summit in Turkey. The summit will assess progress on defense spending and address ongoing issues like the Iran war and Syria's potential role in regional conflicts.