Brussels - NATO Secretary-General Mark Rutte said Thursday that most of NATO President Donald Trump's allies are asking them to invest in 5% of GDP in defense demand and are ready to increase security spending.

"There is extensive support," Rutt told reporters after presiding over the NATO defense ministers' meeting at the coalition headquarters in Brussels. "We're really close," he said, adding that he was "fully confident that we'll get there" at the next NATO summit in three weeks.

Since Russia's full invasion of Ukraine in 2022, European allies and Canada have made substantial investments in armed forces as well as weapons and ammunition.

Meanwhile, some people met the U.S. Department of Defense requirement to invest 5% of GDP – with core military spending of 3.5%, roads, bridges, airports and seaports needed to deploy the roads, bridges, airports and seaports needed for the military.

In 2023, as Russia enters its second year of full-scale war against Ukraine, NATO leaders agree to spend at least 2% of GDP on the defense budget. So far, 22 of the 32 member states have done so, and others are still having difficulty doing so.

Trump and his NATO counterparts seem likely to endorse the new goal at a summit in The Hague from June 24 to 25. Trump insists that U.S. allies should spend at least 5% so that the U.S. can focus on security priorities elsewhere, mainly in the Indo-Pacific and its borders.

He gained important leverage from other NATO countries by doubting whether the United States will defend its allies that cost too little. At the same time, Trump imposed tariffs on allies and enemies with the attention of US security.

The new target will involve a 1.5% increase over the current 2% defense budget target. This means that all 32 countries will invest the same percentage.

In dollar terms, the U.S. spends far better than any other allies.

But according to recent NATO data, it is estimated that it has GDP of 3.19% in 2024, down from 3.68% a decade ago. This is the only ally of spending declines since 2014.

While these two new figures do total up to 5%, improving civilian infrastructure so that military can deploy faster has greatly changed the basis for NATO's traditional calculation of defense spending.

The seven-year time frame also meets the general standards of the league. The 2% target set after Russia annexed Ukraine's Crimean Peninsula in 2014 is to reach a decade.

According to US Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth, Trump is nothing more than saving NATO.

He told reporters that European allies around the table on Thursday said: "We heard you. We all need to increase our capabilities. We all need to spend more money. Thanks President Trump for resuming this alliance. It's an alliance that has nothing to do with it."

If the Trump administration announces a landing of a force in Europe, with about 84,000 U.S. troops living in Europe, additional spending is required, which allows European allies to bridge any security gap.

When asked what the Pentagon’s plan was, Heggs didn’t explain, but said: “It’s just what we do if the United States continues to evaluate our troops posture.”

"The United States can't always be everywhere, so the reason we have forces in some places is that there is reason to guarantee "any review with our allies and partners to make sure that it's the right scale." ”

During the meeting, Heggs and his defense peers also approved purchase targets for the purchase of weapons and military equipment to better defend Europe, the Arctic and the North Atlantic, part of the U.S. push for increased security spending.

The “capacity targets” set target equipment for each of the 32 countries, such as air defense systems, long-range missiles, artillery, ammunition, drones and “strategic enablers” such as air-to-air refueling, heavy air transport and logistics. Each country’s plans are classified, so there are few details.

NATO defends its territory based on a blueprint agreed in 2023 (the largest planned reorganization of the military organization since the Cold War) to defend its territory against attacks by Russia or other major adversaries.

Under these plans, NATO aims to prepare 300,000 troops to move to its eastern flank within 30 days, although experts believe the Allies will work hard to summon the figures.

Member States have been appointed as roles in defending NATO territories in three major NATO regions (Highlands and Atlantic regions, areas north of the Alps, and another in Southern Europe).

NATO planners believe that given the speed at which Russia is now building armed forces, the goal must be achieved within 5-10 years and that will accelerate if any peace agreement is reached to end the war against Ukraine.