Headline from Washington Post: "NATO members increase defense spending for fourth year in row following Trump pressure"

[healthmyths]

Most Americans didn't understand this headline from WaPO because they didn't know that NATO members are asked to
beef up their military spending so it is 2% of the member country's GDP.
And so these headlines indicate something that evidently didn't happen UNTIL Trump's bitching and moaning about NATO members.

NATO Members Ramp Up Defense Spending After Pressure From Trump
Eleven allies met 2% guideline on defense expenditures in 2020
By John Ainger
March 16, 2021, 5:17 AM CDT

NATO Members Ramp Up Defense Spending After Pressure From Trump

www.bloomberg.com

Nov 3rd, 2020 2 min read
NATO Allies Now Spend $50 Billion More on Defense Than in 2016

NATO Allies Now Spend $50 Billion More on Defense Than in 2016

President Donald Trump has placed a significant emphasis on the need for increased defense spending among NATO allies, and the newest data suggests his efforts are paying off.

www.heritage.org

NATO members increase defense spending for fourth year in row following Trump pressure

https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/nato-members-increase-defense-spending-for-fourth-year-in-row-following-trump-pressure/2019/03/14/64989228-4595-11e9-94ab-d2dda3c0df52_story.html

Just the facts.

 

[gipper]

Cool. Now the US should reduce it‘s war budget by at least 90%.