So does anyone have a graphic that shows who’s paid what as regards NATO?
I know that since the payments are a percent of the member country’s GDP, we’re still on the hook, percentage-sise, for most of the bill. Good on Trump for calling these freeloading turds out to their collective faces.
It's not that there is one ultimate "NATO budget" containing all of the funds. While there is a central NATO budget, the vast bulk of spending is done by each country for its own forces, some of which may be allocated to NATO projects and operations. But if most of the countries are under-spending then of course their militaries are not resourced the way they ought to be to support potential NATO operations.... and 2% of GDP is not exactly a high target, it should be considered an absolute minimum. If the other alliance members are too weak (as they are, mostly) then the USA's forces (including crucial logistical resources such as tanker planes) are relied upon for too large of proportion of NATO needs.
