NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg (L) is escorted as he arrives to meet with U.S. President Donald Trump at the White House in Washington, U.S. April 2, 2019. REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst
April 2, 2019
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. President Donald Trump said on Tuesday that NATO members’ cost-sharing burden was much improved, but he would like to see other countries spend more on defense.
At a White House meeting with NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg, Trump also said he would like to see members of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization pay more than 2 percent of gross domestic product for defense. The U.S. president told NATO leaders last year to increase defense spending to 4 percent of GDP.
(Reporting by Doina Chiacu, editing by G Crosse)
