Trump used Davos to warn Europe, demanding NATO allies raise defence spending to 5% of GDP and threatening tariffs on companies not manufacturing in the US. He linked lower oil prices to ending ...

Given the size of the U.S. economy, that accounts for more than 60 percent of NATO's total. Zelenskiy told the Davos gathering that if 5 percent of GDP is the level needed for proper security, ...

He then reiterated his call for moving the military spending benchmark from 2% to 5%. Against this backdrop, Trump also recently made veiled threats toward a NATO ally, which came on the heels of ...

During remarks via satellite to the World Economic Forum in Davos last week, Trump pressed NATO nations to up their NATO contributions to 5% — a significant new benchmark for the alliance that ...

NATO meetings with Trump in attendance have a history of being dramatic. Back in 2017, the White House leader consistently ...

"I think NATO should have 5% [of their GDP as a NATO contribution target]," he said in January. "They can all afford it, but they should be at 5%, not 2%", he said at a press conference in which ...

NATO Secretary-General Mark Rutte warned on Thursday that a Russian victory over Ukraine would undermine the dissuasive force of the world’s biggest military alliance and that its credibility ...

The party scene may be in full swing, but the mood is far from festive as some big political hitters reacted to the head-spinning news coming from Washington following Donald Trump’s inauguration.

As President Trump looks to fix the issues that irk him the most, the issue of NATO defense spending — one of his perennial bugbears — is returning to the fore.

As President Trump looks to fix the issues that irk him the most, the issue of NATO defense spending — one of his perennial bugbears — is returning to the fore.