Trump threatens trade action to spur NATO contributions

U.S. President Donald Trump said the United States may take action on trade with countries that are not contributing enough to NATO.

Trump, fresh from a trip to London for a meeting of the NATO, has been pushing member countries to contribute more to the organization.

"A lot of countries are close and getting closer. And some are really not close, and we may do things having to do with trade. It’s not fair that they get U.S. protection and they’re not putting up their money," Reuters cited him as saying.

The U.S. president said a lot of countries were getting close to the goal of 2% of the Gross Domestic Product for NATO contributions.