President-elect Donald Trump is expected to push U.S. NATO allies to increase their defense spending when he returns to the White House next month.

Incoming U.S. President Donald Trump will demand that North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) member states raise their defense spending to 5 percent of gross domestic product (GDP), the Financial Times reported Friday,

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.

U.S. President-elect Donald Trump’s team has told European officials that his administration will push NATO member countries to increase defense spending to five percent of GDP, up from the current target of two percent,

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.

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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,

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.