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       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.
       
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