Europe’s military heavyweights have already said that meeting Donald Trump’s potential challenge to spend up to 5% of their economic output on security would be challenging.

Spain spent $22.27 billion on defence in 2024, NATO figures show, the 10th largest contribution in absolute terms among the 31 NATO allies, but this amounts to an estimated 1.28%

Any attempt to get Ukraine into Nato will run into a “buzz saw” in Washington unless Europe pays for it, a top diplomat for Donald Trump has said.

Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelenskyy is convinced that US President Donald Trump can influence the issue of Ukraine's accession to NATO. Source: European Pravda citing Zelenskyy's statement during a meeting with representatives of the Davos International Media Council Quote: "It all depends on the United States.

Ukraine’s ascension to NATO ultimately rests on U.S. President Donald Trump’s will, President Volodymyr Zelensky said on the sidelines of the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, on Jan. 21. "Everything depends on the United States.