{"id":2412882,"date":"2025-03-12T16:48:01","date_gmt":"2025-03-12T20:48:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-to-demand-nato-allies-pay-their-fair-share-washington-examiner\/"},"modified":"2025-03-12T16:48:01","modified_gmt":"2025-03-12T20:48:01","slug":"trump-to-demand-nato-allies-pay-their-fair-share-washington-examiner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-to-demand-nato-allies-pay-their-fair-share-washington-examiner\/","title":{"rendered":"Trump to demand NATO allies &#8216;pay their fair share&#8217; &#8211; Washington Examiner"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">24<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium 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td-fix-index\">\n<div id=\"Brid_2037056\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p>President <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/donald-trump\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Donald Trump<\/a> is poised to use his meeting with new <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/nato\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">NATO<\/a> Secretary-General Mark Rutte to implore NATO members to &ldquo;pay their fair share.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Rutte, who replaced longtime secretary-general <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/jens-stoltenberg\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Jens Stoltenberg<\/a> last October after Stoltenberg&rsquo;s term was extended amid the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/russia-ukraine-war\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Russia-Ukraine war<\/a>, is expected at the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/section\/news\/white-house\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">White House<\/a> on Thursday as Trump and his allies, including <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/elon-musk\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Elon Musk<\/a>, ramped up their criticism of the trans-Atlantic alliance.<\/p>\n<div class=\"recommended-stories\">\n<h2>Recommended Stories<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/politics\/3345441\/vance-highlights-sock-diplomacy-at-st-patricks-day-breakfast-with-irish-pm\/\">Vance highlights &#8216;sock diplomacy&#8217; at St. Patrick&#8217;s Day breakfast with Irish PM<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/3344968\/canada-retaliates-tariffs-us-goods-trade-war-trump\/\">Canada retaliates with tariffs worth $21 billion amid trade war with Trump<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a 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president&rsquo;s first term, earning him a reputation as a Trump whisperer.<\/p>\n<p>But during the first week of his second administration, Trump increased his demand on NATO members to spend the treaty-stipulated 2% of their gross domestic product on defense spending to 5%.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Last time I spoke with him, that was his commitment,&rdquo; Leavitt said.<\/p>\n<p>Calls for the U.S. to leave NATO have been amplified by the likes of Musk in recent weeks, so much so that NATO members even expected Trump to announce he was going to withdraw from the alliance during last week&rsquo;s joint address to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/congress\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Congress<\/a>. Trump did not.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Doesn&rsquo;t make sense for America to pay for the defense of Europe,&rdquo; Musk wrote on social media on March 9.<\/p>\n<p>During a Wednesday meeting with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/ireland\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Irish<\/a> Taoiseach Miche&aacute;l Martin in the White House&rsquo;s Oval Office, Trump was asked by reporters whether the United States has a &ldquo;future in NATO.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Well, NATO has to treat us fairly,&rdquo; he said. <\/p>\n<p>Trump used the opportunity to take credit for encouraging NATO defense spending during his first term before much of that money was spent on the Russia-Ukraine war.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;NATO became much stronger,&rdquo; he said. &ldquo;They had the money from me. I was the one who got people to pay. Most of the countries were not paying or they were paying a very small amount. NATO can be a force for the good, absolutely.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Martin similarly used the platform to praise Trump for his attempt to make peace between Russia and Ukraine, with Ukraine agreeing this week to a 30-day ceasefire, though no minerals deal between the U.S. and Ukraine has been signed. 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