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 ...

But before the Davos crowd, during a Thursday evening virtual address, Trump signaled a shift in tone, calling for an end to the war in Ukraine and placing the onus on Russia to come to the table ...

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, ...

"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 ...

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.

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

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 ...

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 ...

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 U.S. President Donald Trump looks to immediately fix his greatest political and economic bugbears, the thorny issue of NATO defense spending is likely to quickly return to the global fore ...