Trump advisers mull new spending demands for NATO members - Bloomberg -- RT World News

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

43% : Talk of a new spending target, however, may herald even more tension if Trump is reelected as US president in November, as some NATO allies are already struggling to manage government debt.
42% : The potential spending demand would align Trump with Polish President Andrzej Duda, who earlier this year called on NATO to set a 3% target.
33% : Trump reiterated his stance early in July, suggesting at a rally in Florida that he wouldn't honor alliance commitments to mutual defense unless countries meet NATO spending targets.
25% : Trump has long criticized members of the bloc for not spending enough on their militaries, with some falling short of a 2014 commitment to contribute 2% of GDP to defense.
21% : Trump faced a backlash from the White House and top Western officials earlier this year after suggesting he would not defend NATO countries that failed to spend enough on defense, even hinting that he would encourage Russia to attack them.

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