TJKMO wrote:
It is amazing how limber MAGA is morally and logically as the twist and turn to justify Trump’s remarks.
His encouragement of Putin to attack NATO countries who don’t pay as much as he wants them to.
Nato: Which countries pay their share on defence?
12th February 2024 at 12:56pm
The number of Nato member nations meeting or exceeding the alliance's spending target is only one-third, according to official estimates.
Nato sets alliance members the aim of spending 2% of their gross domestic product (GDP) on defence.
But the latest estimates show now only 11 countries are achieving the target with France (1.90%), Germany (1.57%) and Norway (1.67%) notably below the 2% threshold.
The trend of countries that are bordering Ukraine, Russia, or its neighbour and ally Belarus, is now exceeding Nato's 2% guideline, following Russia's illegal invasion of Ukraine in February 2022.
Estonia (2.73%), Lithuania (2.54%), Finland (2.45%), Romania (2.44%), Hungary (2.43%) and Latvia (2.07%) are all exceeding the alliance's guideline for defence expenditure.
Poland is the alliance's biggest spender as a share of GDP, contributing 3.90%, spending even more than the US (3.49%) in second and Greece (3.01%) the next closest.
The nations falling short of the alliance's target are France (1.90%), Montenegro (1.87%), North Macedonia (1.87%), Bulgaria (1.84%), Croatia (1.79%), Albania (1.76%), Netherlands (1.70%), Norway (1.67%), Denmark (1.65%), Germany (1.57%), Czech Republic (1.50%), Portugal (1.48%), Italy (1.46%), Canada (1.38%), Slovenia (1.35%), Turkey (1.31%), Spain (1.26%), Belgium (1.13%) and Luxembourg (0.72%).