NATO, Donald Trump and Germany

Germany says it met NATO 2% defence spending target in 2024, short of Trump's demand
Germany met NATO's target to spend 2% of its gross domestic product on defence in 2024, the government said on Monday, though well short of incoming U.S. President Donald Trump's call for as much as 5%.
Germany Opposes Trump Call To Raise NATO Defence Spending To 5% Of GDP
German Chancellor Olaf Scholz voiced opposition Thursday to US President-elect Donald Trump's call for NATO members to raise defence spending to five percent of GDP.
Scholz dismisses Trump's 5% NATO spending demand as too costly
German Chancellor Olaf Scholz on Monday dismissed incoming US president Donald Trump's demands that Germany and other NATO allies spend at least 5% of gross domestic product (GDP) on defence. "Five percent would be over €200 billion ($204 billion) per year,
NATO defense spending set to kick into high gear, Rutte says as Trump takes office
President Donald Trump with former Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte in the Oval Office in 2019. Now NATO’s secretary-general, Rutte said Jan. 20, 2025, that the alliance will turbocharge defense spending during Trump’s second term.
Trump Presidency Will 'Turbo-charge' NATO Defence Spending: Rutte
NATO chief Mark Rutte welcomed Donald Trump's return to the White House on Monday, saying his presidency "will turbo-charge defence spending and production" at the alliance.
Chancellor hopeful says Germany should focus on existing NATO spending target
The leader of Germany's conservative CDU, the party's candidate to run for chancellor, said on Tuesday that the nation should ...
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What's Stopping NATO Countries From Boosting Defense Spending?
European countries have ramped up defense budgets since Russia's all-out invasion of Ukraine in 2022. And many leaders have ...
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President Trump will be a challenge for Europe, Germany’s Scholz says
Meeting with French President Macron in Paris, Chancellor Scholz says Europeans will not ‘duck and hide’, but will strive to ...
Germany met NATO 2% defence spending target in 2024, defence ministry says
Germany met the NATO alliance's target to spend 2% of its gross domestic product on defence in 2024, a government ...
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Germany's Defense Spending Strategy: Meeting NATO Targets Amid Fiscal Challenges
Germany has met NATO's 2% GDP defense spending target for 2024. This comes despite budget constraints and aligns with ...
Russia rearming faster than thought ‘for possible attack on Nato’
Russia is rearming faster than first thought for a potential attack on Nato, Germany’s military pointman on Ukraine has ...
Germany Could Send Troops To Future Ukraine Buffer Zone: Minister
Germany's defence minister said he was open to sending German soldiers to Ukraine to help secure a demilitarised zone there if a ceasefire were agreed with Russia, in remarks published Saturday.
Germany met NATO 2% defence spending target in 2024, sources say
Germany met the NATO alliance's target to spend 2% of its gross domestic product on defence in 2024, finance ministry sources ...
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Germany says it met NATO 2pc defence spending target in 2024
BERLIN: Germany met NATO’s target to spend 2% of its gross domestic product on defence in 2024, the government ...
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NATO At War As Trump Takes Oath | Germany Gets Anti-U.S Hours Ahead of Trump Inauguration | Watch
German Ambassador Andreas Michaelis has allegedly cautioned Berlin that Donald Trump’s second term could undermine democracy ...