Nato Summit 2025: US President Donald has got another chance to pat his back. NATO agreed to increase a major increase in military expenses. Now all NATO countries will have to spend up to 5 percent of their national income by 2035 on the army. This decision of NATO may further increase military tension in the world in the coming time. America can benefit from this, because it is one of the largest arms exporters in the world. Trump and US are also seeing this occasion as a business benefit.
The NATO summit held in the Netherlands not only completely changed the target of defense spending in 2025, but has also added a new chapter to European allies and US relations. In this conference, European countries have decided to spend 5 percent of their national income on defense by 2035. This decision has come directly in response to President Donald Trump’s long -standing demands. US President Donald Trump believes that the US lifts most of the defense cost of NATO and European countries should now stop freebies. He has avoided public confirmation of Article 5 of NATO, but in this conference it became clear that the US is still committed to collective defense.
Reality behind the promise of 5% defense spending
This expenditure of NATO will be spent on 3.5%% of the budget on military, weapons and missiles, while the remaining 1.5% will be spent on military related projects such as roads, cyber security and emergency health services. However, the question arises, will all countries be able to meet this goal? Countries like Spain have already indicated that they will be limited to only 2.1%. Countries like Slovakia and Belgium also consider this goal to be impossible, so in the language of the conference, only countries close to America instead of all countries have talked about consent.
Trump’s silence and route cleaning on Article 5 debate
Article 5, who attacked one, attacked all, attacking NATO. In the last few years, Trump’s silence was under suspicion, but this time Rooted made a public confirmation to Trump that the US is still dedicated to the treaty. NATO General Secretary Mark Roote repeatedly urged the media to stop questioning America’s commitment. However, he was clear that this summit was specially designed to satisfy Trump.
Distance from issues that offend Trump
The most notable absence at the summit stays out of the effective agenda of Ukraine. Volodimir Zelansky met Trump but there was no new announcement about Ukraine’s NATO membership. It was clear that colleagues deliberately distanced distance from issues that offend Trump.