Donald Trump's advisor suggests staggered NATO membership. Keith Kellogg wants to have an “adult conversation” about the proposal.
Trump caused a stir by declaring that in a second term he would not defend NATO states against Russia that did not pay their share. Of the 31 alliance members, eleven are expected to reach the two percent of GDP target for defense spending this year.. Trump then followed up and claimed to have strengthened the defense alliance. “I made NATO strong,” the Republican wrote in capital letters on his social network Truth Social.