NATO Is Laying Plans to Keep Trump Happy at High-Stakes Summit

NATO is preparing a summit this month that will involve a single working session to zero in on military spending as leaders seek to win over US President Donald Trump with a pledge to ramp up defense budgets.

Defense ministers for the North Atlantic Treaty Organization gathering Wednesday will advance the plans — and sign off on one of the most ambitious commitments to raising weapons stocks since the Cold War. That’ll include a plan to expand ground-based air-defense capabilities fivefold to fill a key gap.