NATO Chief Rutte Says Members Moving Toward 5% Spending Target

NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte confirmed the alliance will seek to adopt a new defense spending target of 5% of GDP at a June summit, meeting a demand by US President Donald Trump that had originally seemed unrealistic.

“I assume that in The Hague we will agree on a higher defense spending target of in total 5%,” Rutte said during a televised question and answer session at the NATO parliamentary assembly in the US.