European ambassadors worried as Trump plans major NATO announcement: report

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

60% : The fact-check also recalled Trump saying that the NATO countries "owe us a tremendous amount of money" or that they "owe NATO billions of dollars.
52% : Trump also wants to increase the percentage of defense spending from 2% to 5%.
50% : When asked for comment, a National Security Council official told NBC in a written statement, "President Trump is committed to NATO and Article V."
31% : Under the plan Trump is considering, the United States may not come to the aid of a NATO ally if that ally doesn't meet the defense spending threshold, the officials told NBC.
30% : In the past, Trump has falsely implied that countries send a check to fund NATO and some countries aren't sending enough, CNN said in a fact-check.
22% : Sen. Chris Coons (D-DE) who is the ranking member on the Senate Appropriations Subcommittee for Defense and a senior senator on the Foreign Relations panel, told NBC that "several European ambassadors" contacted him with concerns that Trump was about to make a negative announcement about NATO.
13% : " ALSO READ: What happens when the people who once led the free world become the enemy of Democracy? "NATO has to pay more," Trump complained in January.

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