NATO member nations voted to increase defense spending to 5% of their annual GDP by 2035, following long-term pressure from President Donald Trump, as the alliance reaffirmed its defensive agreement.

U.S. defense spending was 3.38% of GDP in 2024, based on NATO's figures. America's defense spending has been above 3% since NATO devised the 2% threshold in 2014, when it was at 3.71%.

President Donald Trump told NBC he struck a deal with NATO on Thursday for the US to send weapons to Ukraine through the alliance, and that NATO will pay for those weapons “a hundred percent.” ...

WASHINGTON – President Donald Trump has changed his tune on NATO, now that U.S. allies are paying more for their self-defense. Before he was elected to office in 2016, Trump said the military ...

On the same day President Donald Trump said he stands with NATO, Sen. Mike Lee proposed a new bill that would require the United States to withdraw from the military alliance.

NATO estimates show Poland spent the highest percentage of its GDP on defense and was the only country estimated to spend more than 4%. Estonia and Latvia followed, each allocating around 3.4%.

The defense alliance of 32 countries is planning to invest billions in its security over the coming decade. But it’s a splurge that some European NATO members, saddled with huge debt burdens ...

Spain was the only NATO ally not to commit to a large increase in military expenditures. It’s far from Russia, and its embrace of a social safety net is another key reason.