Trump's latest shock NATO policy shift has allies in disbelief

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

77% : The National Security Council said of the report: 'President Trump is committed to NATO and Article V.' Trump first raised the idea during the 2024 presidential campaign.
52% : During the presidential campaign, Trump said he would keep the U.S. in NATO as long as other nations paid their fair share.
42% : Trump flirted with the idea of pulling out of NATO on multiple occasions during his first term but ultimately stayed in the alliance.
41% : A major policy change by Trump could weaken NATO's effectiveness.
40% : You gotta pay,' Trump said.
39% : 'The United States should pay its fair share, not everybody else's fair share,' Trump said in March 2024.
38% : At a rally in South Carolina in February, Trump recounted what he called a conversation with the 'president of a big country'. 'Well sir, if we don't pay, and we're attacked by Russia - will you protect us?'
36% : Read More Putin and Trump cannot decide Europe's fate, French president declares in address to the nation Trump is also considering limiting joint U.S. military exercises to NATO members that are spending the set percentage of their GDPs on defense.
23% : Trump quoted the unnamed leader as asking him.
22% : Now Trump is mulling a policy shift, NBC News reported: the U.S. might not defend a fellow NATO member that is attacked if the country doesn't meet the defense spending threshold.
6% : In his first term as president, Trump repeatedly argued with other leaders about their levels of defense spending; above he debates with then-German Chancellor Angela Merkel The flags of the countries in the NATO alliance Trump has repeatedly criticized NATO members for not meeting the current goal of spending 2% of their GDP on defense.

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