.-') _ .-') _ ( OO ) ) ( OO ) ) .-----. ,--./ ,--,' ,--./ ,--,' ' .--./ | \ | |\ | \ | |\ | |('-. | \| | )| \| | ) /_) |OO )| . |/ | . |/ || |`-'| | |\ | | |\ | (_' '--'\ | | \ | | | \ | `-----' `--' `--' `--' `--' lite.cnn.com - on gopher - inofficial ARTICLE VIEW: Trump and Polish President discuss NATO members increasing their defense spending By Rashard Rose, CNN Updated: 1:28 AM EDT, Thu April 18, 2024 Source: CNN Former President and Polish President discussed NATO spending in a dinner meeting at Trump Tower in New York City Wednesday, according to a readout of the meeting from the Trump campaign. The pair “discussed President Duda’s proposal for NATO countries to go to 3% spending on their defense,” according to the campaign. CNN previously reported that Duda has called for all NATO member states to increase their defense spending to 3% of GDP, up from the current pledge of 2%. Duda reiterated the proposal to President during a March 12 meeting, saying, “Two percent was good ten years ago. Now three percent is required in response to the full-scale war launched by Russia right beyond NATO’s eastern border.” During the two-and-a-half hour meeting, Trump and Duda also discussed the war between Russia and Ukraine and the Israel-Hamas war in the Middle East, the campaign said. Trump, the presumptive GOP nominee, has been . In February, the former president said he would encourage Russia to do “” to any NATO member country that doesn’t meet spending guidelines on defense, alarming many leaders in Washington and . for Trump’s potential return to the White House, CNN reported last week, working to set up guard rails for NATO and trying to ensure lasting support for Ukraine in its war with Russia. DIR <- back to index