President Trump has won a battle with NATO, according to Reuters, as the NATO chief is now telling members that they all need to increase their defense spending to a higher percentage of their GDP after Trump demanded 5%.

Here’s the news via TVP:

NATO chief Mark Rutte has proposed that alliance members boost defense spending to 3.5% of GDP and commit a further 1.5% to broader security-related spending to meet Donald Trump’s demand for a 5% target, people familiar with the idea told Reuters.

Rutte’s proposal could allow the U.S. president to declare a win at a NATO summit in The Hague in June while not committing European nations and Canada to a 5% pledge on military spending that many see as politically and economically unviable.

NATO’s current defense spending goal is at least 2% of GDP, met by 22 of its 32 members. But leaders across NATO say that goal is no longer sufficient, as they see Russia as a much greater threat after its 2022 invasion of Ukraine.

The definition of what would fall into the broader category of defense-related spending has to be agreed upon. Officials said it might include spending to upgrade roads and bridges to support the transport of heavy military vehicles.

Asked whether NATO could confirm that Rutte had made the proposal, NATO spokesperson Allison Hart did not reply directly. She said Rutte had “repeatedly said that increased defense spending is needed in order to meet the capability targets that allies will soon agree and to ensure fairer burden sharing among allies.”

“This will likely involve not only higher investment in defense according to the agreed NATO definitions but also additional investment in related areas like infrastructure and resilience,” Hart said in an email.

“The Secretary General is working in close consultation with allies to prepare decisions on this for our Summit in The Hague,” she said

No NATO country is spending 5% of its GDP on defense as of 2025, but Estonia and Poland, who are already the alliance’s two top military spenders relative to their GDPs and both ahead of the U.S., have pledged to meet or exceed the ambitious target next year, as did Lithuania.