Donald Trump is pressing NATO allies in Ankara to commit to 5% of GDP defense spending and is linking procurement advantages to compliance, intensifying a shift of military responsibility to Europe under the NATO 3.0 plan.US officials and Ambassador Matthew Whitaker are tying defense contracts and procurement access to faster spending increases even as Europe and Canada added about $574B in one recent year and roughly $1.2T since 2016.The summit highlights a planned $140B assistance package for Ukraine that the US will not fund directly, tens of billions of euros in
Defense Industry Forum contracts and a security crackdown in Ankara that drew human rights criticism.