The Trump administration wants Europe to assume much more of the responsibility for defense on the Continent.

The other is the National Escape Clause (nec), which allows countries to increase defence spending by up to 1.5% of gdp over the next four years without falling foul of eu deficit rules. Already 16 countries have signed up,

President Donald Trump joked that NATO calls him “daddy” as he reflected on having forced allies to ramp up their defense spending – repeating a remark made by the alliance’s Secretary General Mark Rutte in July. The quip came during a wide-ranging ...

General Sir Gwyn Jenkins, the First Sea Lord and head of the Royal Navy, told a conference that the UK and Nato’s “opponents are investing billions” and warned that the western alliance’s dominance of the Atlantic was under threat from Russia and other rivals.

A Republican congressman has introduced legislation calling for the U.S. to withdraw from NATO. The bill, introduced by Representative Thomas Massie of Kentucky and co-sponsored by Representative Anna Paulina Luna of Florida, seeks to "remove the United States" from the alliance it has spearheaded since its inception in 1949.

NATO is satisfied with Rome's proclaimed budget boost in line with alliance targets, despite questions over the internal mathematics.