From Global News.

Europe should welcome, rather than rebuff, U.S. President Donald Trump’s call for other NATO members to ramp up their military spending, Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk said on Wednesday stressing the importance of security to the continent.

"This is a time when Europe cannot afford to save on security," Tusk told the EU assembly. "I am speaking as the Prime Minister of a country that already spends almost 5 per cent (as proportion of GDP) on security. And I want to say that it spends this 5per cent not only on its own security but on the security of all of Europe."

Trump has said members of the military alliance should spend 5 per cent of their gross domestic product (GDP) on defence – a huge increase from the current 2 per cent goal and a level that no NATO country, including the United States, currently achieves.

This demand, repeated on Monday as he took office, is a reminder of the focus he put on NATO spending during his first term – and his threats not to protect allies who fail to spend enough. Officials from NATO countries have not endorsed the 5 per cent target.

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