[FreeReign]

I believe there's a solution here to this conundrum. Notify NATO that any nation that does not spend 3% of GDP on Defense and meet certain readiness and capability requirements to be defined by our US Military professionals...will be expelled from the Alliance. They have 5 years.

Lithuanian president wants to raise defense spending to 2% of GDP...

Baltic Republics Pledge More Defense Spending as Ukraine Crisis Continues

[Mariner]

"Lithuanian president wants to raise defense spending to 2% of GDP... "

Meanwhile the larger, richer countries spend weakly while relying upon a US umbrella:

France, Germany and Italy are ALL under 2%.

The only country that could reasonably be considered as caqrrying their fair share is the UK at 2.4%.

The US spends 4.4%. And all the blood.