Czech General Petr Pavel, who heads the NATO military committee, said U.S. demands for higher military spending were nothing new.
Pavel said it was more important to focus on tangible improvements in military capabilities than fixate on the 2 percent target, which he said was “too far and too big” for many NATO members to meet anytime soon.
What is new is that Trump will dump them if they don’t pay up
I call bullsh*t on the general. The politicians just don’t want to irritate their core group of moochers.