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.

A group of four NATO leaders and a representative from the European Union have admitted they will need to increase their defence spending.

Next year, a new amount of money will be set for NATO's defense spending. This decision will be made after talks with newly elected US President Donald Trump, states Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis.