{"id":11859,"date":"2025-06-24T22:24:10","date_gmt":"2025-06-24T22:24:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/11859\/"},"modified":"2025-06-24T22:24:10","modified_gmt":"2025-06-24T22:24:10","slug":"nato-summit-live-updates-trump-telegraphs-defense-spending-concerns","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/11859\/","title":{"rendered":"NATO summit live updates: Trump telegraphs defense spending concerns"},"content":{"rendered":"

President Donald Trump<\/a> on Tuesday injected some uncertainty<\/a> over whether the U.S. would abide by the mutual defense guarantees outlined in the NATO treaty<\/a> prior to his arrival at its summit \u2014 comments that could revive long-standing concern from European allies about his commitment to the military alliance.<\/p>\n

While NATO leaders are expected to endorse a goal of spending 5% of their gross domestic product<\/a> on their security, Spain says it won\u2019t get there, and Slovakia says it reserves the right to decide for itself. Trump last week went as far as to argue that the U.S. should not have to abide by the 5% spending pledge, although he appeared to soften those comments on Tuesday.<\/p>\n

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