Trump’s foreign policy advisers announced their intentions in discussions with high-ranking European officials in December, people familiar with the negotiations told the Financial Times.
According to Financial Times interlocutors, he plans to continue military aid to Ukraine after his inauguration in January and is likely to demand that NATO countries more than double the current defense spending target of 2% of GDP, currently met by 23 of the alliance’s 32 members.
NATO allies are already discussing the possibility of increasing this figure to 3%. According to one of the Financial Times’ sources, Trump will agree to 3.5%, but plans to tie this issue to more favorable terms for trade with the United States.
