Wie Trumps Schock der NATO -Erfolg gleich auf ihn zurückblasen könnte

Donald Trump likes to boast that he “saved” NATO during his first term as president—and in a sense he did.

By his own calculation, Trump’s threat to walk away from deadbeat European allies has so far raised an extra $680 billion from NATO member states that “weren’t paying their bills.” Even Germany, singled out by Trump for extra-harsh criticism at a bruising showdown in 2018, is finally paying its way.

But the stakes are about to get very much higher. At a landmark NATO summit this week, alliance members will be asked to endorse a staggering increase in long-term defense spending from the current 2 percent of GDP—a target the Germans and many others have just started to meet—to 5 percent.

Read the full story, [here](https://www.thedailybeast.com/how-trumps-shock-nato-success-could-blow-right-back-on-him/).