Trump exempts America from his own NATO defense demand: 'Don’t think we should'

President Donald Trump's demand that NATO countries increase their defense spending to 5% of their GDP appears to be a rule for other countries and not the United States.

The comments come at a time when Trump is scheduled to meet with NATO allies next week in The Hague. Spain's prime minister recently said his country won't abide by the spending increase and asked for an exemption.

“I don’t think we should, but I think they should,” he said during a news conference in Morristown, New Jersey, on Friday.