Trump Pushes NATO to Meet 5% Defense Target at Ankara Summit
President Trump used last year’s NATO summit to secure a pledge from allies to boost defense spending toward 5% of GDP; as he heads to Ankara this week, he aims to enforce that commitment and advance a NATO 3.0 approach that would shift more security burden onto Europe while the U.S. refocuses elsewhere, though progress is uneven and tensions over Iran, Greenland, and other issues persist.