Britons embarrassed with NATO plea

london - The British government will urge European NATO partners on sound defense spending, in any event at least 2 percent of gross domestic product (GDP) as required by NATO. But it is Wednesday and Thursday at a major NATO Ministerial painful. On Tuesday, the International Institute for Strategic Studies (IISS), following an investigation reported that the United Kingdom itself currently spends only 1.98 percent of its GDP on defense. The IISS reported that the British have fallen to that level in 2016.

Prime Minister Theresa May promising yet to President Donald Trump in Washington in January that they will work to ensure that the European NATO countries will adhere to the 2 percent rule and then Trump would be 100 percent behind NATO. The alliance is at Trump heavily criticized because of the cost.