The United States is bristling at the suggestion Germany might miss its own defense spending target, which is already short of the NATO goal, prompting comments from officials, including U.S. Ambassador to Germany Richard Grenell. NATO PLEDGES TO BOOST DEFENSE SPENDING AFTER STERN WORDS FROM TRUMPFollowing the news of Germany's expected contributions to NATO, U.S. Ambassador Richard Grenell said, "NATO members clearly pledged to move towards, not away, from 2 percent by 2024. There is another cabinet meeting on Thursday which is expected to address the defense spending budget.

Source: Fox News March 20, 2019 18:33 UTC