Sunshine (she/her) to CanadaEnglish · 4 days agoCan NATO agree a deal on spending that satisfies Trump?www.canadianaffairs.newsexternal-linkmessage-square13linkfedilinkarrow-up116arrow-down17
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minus-squaregrtelinkfedilinkarrow-up3·edit-24 days agoThe target has already been moved from 2% of GDP to 5%. With the expectation that most of that money would be spent on procurement from the US. If we accept the shakedown, why wouldn’t it happen again?
minus-squareWhiskyTangoFoxtrot@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·4 days agoEven the US, with their absurdly bloated military, only spends 3.4% of their GDP.
The target has already been moved from 2% of GDP to 5%. With the expectation that most of that money would be spent on procurement from the US. If we accept the shakedown, why wouldn’t it happen again?
Even the US, with their absurdly bloated military, only spends 3.4% of their GDP.