NATO countries should increase their defense spending to 5% of GDP. It would be a fair approach to reduce the financial burden on the United States, stated US President Donald Trump at the World Economic Forum in Davos.

DAVOS (Reuters) - NATO is not involved in decisions taken by member states, such as the United States, over hiring in the armed forces based around diversity, equality and inclusion (DEI) criteria, said NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte at Davos on Thursday.

Should new US administration keep supplying Ukraine from its defense industrial base, Europeans must be ready to pay the bill, Mark Rutte says - Anadolu Ajansı

NATO Secretary-General Mark Rutte warned that restoring the alliance's credibility after a Russian victory in Ukraine could require trillions of dollars.

U.S. President Donald Trump on Thursday said he was not sure the United States should be spending anything on NATO, telling reporters the U.S. was protecting NATO members, but they were "not protecting us.

NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte clarified that NATO does not intervene in individual member states' decisions regarding diversity, equality, and inclusion (DEI) criteria in hiring armed forces personnel.

NATO is not involved in decisions taken by member states, such as the United States, over hiring in the armed forces based around diversity, equality and inclusion (DEI) criteria, said NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte at Davos on Thursday.

Russia has given its first response to Donald Trump’s ultimatum calling on Vladimir Putin to engage in peace talks or see his Ukraine invasion end “the hard way”.Writing on his Truth Social platform days after re-entering the White House,

The 55 th Annual Meeting of the World Economic Forum opened this week with a powerful message and all-encompassing themes. Klaus Schwab, World Economic Forum Founder and Chairman of the Board of Trustees, global leaders, leaving no doubt about his message: the undeniable need for, in Schwab’s words, Collaboration for the Intelligent Age.

Last year, Mark Rutte attended the Davos gathering as Dutch prime minister while angling for his current job as secretary general of NATO, praising Trump for pushing Europeans to step up defense spending. That view — somewhat controversial then — is now widely accepted.