Originally Posted by
tdracer
I don't know about the UK, but it's a well established fact that most members of NATO have frequently failed to meet the treaty obligation of 2% GDP spending on defense - and the US has had to make up for that. Trump brought that up during his first term - that the US couldn't afford to keep doing that - and the rest of NATO blew him off.
You didn't wake up until Putin invaded Ukraine.
The US has also contributed far more in dollar value to Ukraine that any other nation. There is a valid complaint that - as a percentage of the US GDP - it's less than some countries - but that glosses over the fact that we are still sending them more stuff.
No, the USA, nor any other country for that matter, does not make up the shortfall if a country doesn't meet its 2% of GDP spend.
The 2% is also not an obligation it is a political commitment of a country to spend on it's own military. It is, therefore, not owed to, or paid by, anyone else.
Facts are bothersome aren't they?