President Donald Trump flew out to the Netherlands on June 24 to participate in the NATO summit in The Hague, where he was widely credited with having been the driving force behind a new NATO commitment to spend 5% (up from the current 2% minimum) of gross domestic product on defense spending. As NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte said, without Trump this “would not have happened.”  

The summit consisted of the heads of state and heads of government of the 32 members of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization, their partner countries, and the European Union. 

For Trump, it was the first NATO summit of his second presidential term. In his first term, Trump was met with acrimony and resistance from other NATO members for his calls on NATO countries to contribute more spending to defense. 

The summit was also the inaugural summit........

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