President Donald Trump has made NATO , already the most successful defensive alliance in history, far stronger by his incessant demands that its 31 other members increase defense spending. Trump has also rightly provided recent reassurance of his commitment to the alliance, especially when it comes to allies bordering Russia, which spend well above NATO’s original 2% of GDP minimum defense spending target. Trump recently reached an agreement to see that the target move to 3.5% of GDP .

Nevertheless, Trump has only himself to blame for the increasing trend of allies looking closer to home for major defense equipment purchases.

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