Trump to urge NATO leaders to increase defense spending during summit: Official
President Trump plans to travel to the NATO Summit next week with a couple of key goals in mind, a senior administration official told reporters Friday.
At the top of Trump's priorities: securing 5% defense spending from NATO members, urging alliance members to revitalize their industrial capacities for critical minerals and weapons, and bilateral meetings to reaffirm commitment to allies.
On NATO defense spending, the senior administration official said that Trump wants to "secure a historic 5% defense spending pledge from NATO allies, which will strengthen the alliance's combined military capabilities and ensure greater stability in Europe and the world," the official said.

The senior administration official said that Trump will also "urge allies to revitalize their industrial capacities in order to create Western supply chains capable of producing the critical minerals infrastructure, weapons and other products necessary for the security of America and her allies."
Lastly, the official said that Trump, "intends to hold bilateral meetings with several world leaders, which will focus on issues of shared concern and reaffirm the United States' strong ties with our allies and partners."
-ABC News' Michelle Stoddart







