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Trump rejects a request "NATO" Defense spending raised to 5% of the GDP


The American President is considered Friday that the demand of the NATO member states (NATO) to spend the equivalent of 5% of its gross domestic product on the defense should not apply to the United States, stressing that Washington has spent enough in the past." for reporters in front of the presidential plane "Air Force One", "I think they have to do so. I don’t think we have to do that". "illogical" As for his country." Security for the alliance countries, it is "For Spain, the pledge to reach a 5% goal will not only be logical, but also will lead to opposite results"

NATO and Sanchez expressed his belief that forcing all NATO member states to reach the target of 5%, as Washington demands, it may be harmful to each other and is not effective for the security of the alliance, and therefore he called for "A more flexible formula". Their local defense output.

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