United States Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said on Thursday that it is "not enough" for allies to allocate 2% of their GDP for defense spending.
Speaking to reporters ahead of the NATO defense ministers meeting in Brussels, Hegseth stated that it is "critical" to boost defense spending to 3%, 4% and "ultimately 5%" as Russia's "aggression" in Ukraine showed that the alliance must "increase defense spending across the board" amid an "urgent real threat to the continent."
"This aggression needs to get a wake-up call," the Pentagon chief insisted.
