Trump used Davos to warn Europe, demanding NATO allies raise defence spending to 5% of GDP and threatening tariffs on companies not manufacturing in the US. He linked lower oil prices to ending ...

Nato chief speaking at World Economic Forum in Davos; Europe needs to invest in defence, ramp up arms production, Rutte says; Comments follow criticism from US President Donald Trump ...

Given the size of the U.S. economy, that accounts for more than 60 percent of NATO's total. Zelenskiy told the Davos gathering that if 5 percent of GDP is the level needed for proper security, ...

Trump, speaking to an audience of global leaders gathered at an economic forum in Davos, Switzerland, said the current NATO threshold that calls for spending 2% of gross domestic product on ...

He then reiterated his call for moving the military spending benchmark from 2% to 5%. Against this backdrop, Trump also recently made veiled threats toward a NATO ally, which came on the heels of ...

As President Trump looks to fix the issues that irk him the most, the issue of NATO defense spending — one of his perennial bugbears — is returning to the fore.

NATO Secretary-General Mark Rutte warned on Thursday that a Russian victory over Ukraine would undermine the dissuasive force of the world’s biggest military alliance and that its credibility ...

But before the Davos crowd, during a Thursday evening virtual address, Trump signaled a shift in tone, calling for an end to the war in Ukraine and placing the onus on Russia to come to the table ...

"I think NATO should have 5% [of their GDP as a NATO contribution target]," he said in January. "They can all afford it, but they should be at 5%, not 2%", he said at a press conference in which ...

As President Trump looks to fix the issues that irk him the most, the issue of NATO defense spending — one of his perennial bugbears — is returning to the fore.