US President-elect Donald Trump reportedly plans to demand NATO allies to raise their defence spending to 5% of their GDP. Source: Financial Times, as cited by European Pravda Details: Two informed sources informed FT that Trump intends to push for a defence spending target of 5% of GDP among NATO members,

According to the reports, Trump's team has told European officials that the U.S. president-elect expected NATO allies to increase their defense spending to 5 percent of national gross domestic product after his Jan. 20 inauguration — more than double the alliance's current 2 percent target.

NATO members could make a short-term pledge to increase defense spending to 2.5% of GDP, moving to 3% by 2030, according to the Financial Times.

President-elect Donald Trump is expected to push the United States’s NATO allies to increase its defense spending when he returns to the White House next month. Every member of the NATO alliance is expected to spend at least 2% of the GDP on defense,

Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán has spoken out against increasing defense spending above 2% of GDP. He believes that this will hurt the Hungarian economy. According to him, the Hungarian authorities are concerned about the possibility of increasing defense spending to more than 2% of GDP.

As reported by the "Financial Times," U.S. President-elect Donald Trump plans to demand that NATO countries increase their defence spending to 5% of GDP. His advisors conveyed this information during talks with European government representatives.