Only 35% Of Americans Believe US Should Pay Largest Share Of NATO Budget - Poll
Mohammad Ali (@ChaudhryMAli88) Published December 05, 2019 | 01:40 AM
WASHINGTON (UrduPoint News / Sputnik - 05th December, 2019) Only about one-third of US voters believe the United States should contribute more money to NATO than other alliance members, a Rasmussen poll revealed on Wednesday.
"The United States currently contributes nearly one-quarter of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization's [NATO's] $2.5 billion annual budget, and just 35 percent of Likely US Voters believe America should continue to give more money to NATO than any other member country," a press release summarizing the poll said.
Forty-nine percent disagree and say the United States should not give more money than any other nation, while 16 percent are unsure, the release added.
The poll followed a testy NATO summit in London this week in which President Donald Trump continued to chide members to meet an earlier commitment to devote 2 percent of gross domestic product to defense spending.
Just nine of 29 NATO members currently meet the 2 percent target.
Trump announced prior to the summit that the US would pay 16 percent of NATO's next budget, the same as Germany.
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