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Nato leaders are meeting to agree a big increase in defence spending.
But nearly a third of the alliance's members have not reached the existing target of 2% of GDP.
The new target will be to spend 5% of the size of their economies, measured by GDP, on core defence.
Trump has been critical of the lowest spender, Spain which he called "notorious" for its "low spending".
In cash terms, the US is by far the biggest spender on defence in Nato , spending $ 935bn (686bn) in 2024 , which was 3.2% of its GDP and nearly double the defence spending of the rest of Nato put together. US spending as a share of its economy has fallen since 2014 , when it was 3.7% . On that measure, Poland was the biggest spender at 4.1% in 2024 , followed by Estonia and Latvia on 3.4% . Additional reporting by Tom Edgington .
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