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NATO Hague Summit: 5% Target Agreed, Trump Ambiguous on Article 5

| NATO-US Tensions

The NATO Hague Summit sees Trump attend and agree to a new 5% of GDP spending target by 2035 (3.5% core defense + 1.5% infrastructure). However, when asked about Article 5 commitment, Trump says: 'Depends on your definition. There's numerous definitions of Article 5.' The next day he says 'We're with them all the way.' The contradiction becomes shorthand for European uncertainty about US reliability.