NATO weighs a US demand to massively hike defense spending as some struggle to meet the current goal

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

35% : The U.S. demand would require investment at an unprecedented scale, but Trump has cast doubt over whether the U.S. would defend allies that spend too little, and this remains an incentive to do more, even as European allies realize that they must match the threat posed by Russia.

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