The North Atlantic Treaty Organization is widely considered the largest peace-time military alliance in the world. The 32 ...

The president has discussed possibly favoring members of the alliance that spend a set percentage of their GDP on defense, sources told NBC News.

NATO agreed on the 2 percent spending goal. Trump has argued that NATO countries should spend 5 percent of GDP on defense, which is more than the U.S. currently spends. In January, Trump said that ...

NATO in 2014 set a target that each member dish out 2 percent of its GDP on defense by 2024. At the time of the agreement, only three countries — the U.S., the United Kingdom and Greece — were ...

"We're no longer a country that cannot be trusted," observes Micael Johansson, chief executive of Swedish defence company ...

Under pressure from Trump and with Russia menacing, Germany's incoming leader plans to revamp the country's defense posture.

President Donald Trump has long advocated for NATO allies to ramp up defense spending to between 2% to 5% gross domestic ...

The U.S. contributes 3.4% of its GDP and about 16% of NATO's annual budget ... Twenty-three out of the 32 total member countries will meet or exceed the 2% target, including France and Germany ...

Trump has repeatedly criticized NATO countries for not meeting the current NATO member goal of spending 2% of their GDP on defense. He has argued that the disparity is unfair and puts an added ...