NATO is a historical transformation of historical arms in an attempt to beat Donald Trump

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NATO allies pledged to meet Donald Trump’s demands to raise defensive spending to 5 percent of GDP by 2035, in a historical reinforcing attack aimed at persuading him to preserve the United States’ obligations to protect the continent from the invasion.

At a summit designed to beat the American President, Trump His 31 allies confirmed that he was “with them all the way,” which led to the concerns that he was seeking to re -negotiate it in a mutual defensive agreement that formed the basis for European security for eight decades.

The Wednesday summit in The Hague also issued a joint statement that was confirmed again NATO “Iron governments’ commitment to collective defense” and their commitment to providing “annual plans that show a reliable and increasing path” to the target of 5 percent.

He added that reviewing the goal of spending, which unleashes hundreds of billions of euros for defense during the next decade, will be held in 2029 – the year in which Trump is scheduled to leave.

The US President described the achievements of the summit as “enormous”, adding that the focus was “the need for other NATO members to take over the burden of defending Europe.”

“It was 2 percent (from GDP) and we got up to 5 percent,” he said.

Trump’s assertion to support NATO came after he ignited the alert on his way to The Hague by saying Washington’s commitment to Article 5 of NATO, which indicates the mutual defense agreement, “depends on your definition.”

On Wednesday, he pledged to “stand with” the rest of the coalition at a time when fears of global instability raised by the full invasion of Russia for Ukraine and the conflict in the Middle East-not especially the Iran and Israel war, in which Trump enters the weekend before stopping the summit.

European leaders have been reduced from the support of the via Atlantic bonds from NATO’s long -likely skeptical, which has repeatedly called for European countries to spend much more on defense and the United States to convert military assets from the continent to other regions.

Despite the concerns in European capitals about the scope of financial pressure that the target will put on their budgets, leaders line up to welcome the achievements of the summit and the role of Trump in forcing them to spend more. German counselor Friedrich Mirz said the announcement was about “putting our money where our mouth was.”

But the top series contains only one signal to Russia, noting “the long -term threat posed by Russia for European Atlantic Security” and one sentence indicating “permanent sovereign obligations to provide support to Ukraine.”

This represents an amazing change in the tone of an alliance that spent the past three years focusing on Kiev’s support and reflects Trump’s doubts in Russia as a deduction and his lukewarm position towards Ukraine.

Also, some allies still do not fulfill the aim of the 2 % previous spending, and Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez broke rows to secure an exemption from the 5 % demand. Trump has responded by describing the country as “terrible” and threatening “that made them pay twice as much” in the commercial negotiations of the United States and the European Union.

President Washington has largely explained the largest defensive stampede of the alliance, not in itself a 5 percent target, and consists of basic defense spending by 3.5 percent of GDP in addition to 1.5 percent of relevant infrastructure.

A note by the economists ABN Amro added that the 3.5 percent goal was “unrealistic for most countries” and that “the really large increase in defense spending will be mainly limited to Germany.”

But the Secretary -General of NATO Mark Retty, who decided to focus the exclusive summit on spending, will create “NATO, strongest, strongest and most deadly NATO.

“European allies and Canada will do more heavy lifting,” he told reporters after the meeting. “The work does not stop here. This is the first day … to make this a reality.”

Two officials of the Financial Times said that some allies were uncomfortable by praising Roti’s wonderful Road – who he referred to even in the name of “the father” – but he finally included that the American president remained satisfied.

Root later defended his dealings with the president as a “issue of taste”, adding that Trump “deserves all praise.”