NATO spending increase could help Ukraine, and possibly US armsmakers

NATO members should dramatically increase their defense spending from the current guideline of 2 percent of GDP to 5 percent, President Donald Trump said Thursday in Switzerland. But even a smaller increase could help Ukraine, and could benefit U.S. armsmakers as well, according to a former senior White House official. “I'm also going to ask all NATO nations to increase defense spending to 5 percent of GDP, which is what it should have been years ago,” Trump told attendees at th