🔺Washington before the NATO summit: Allies must immediately increase defense spending ▪The Telegraph reported that the Trump administration, on the eve of the NATO summit of heads of state in Ankara, warned the allies of the pact that they must increase their defense spending “immediately” or face the consequences. ▪According to the newspaper, U.S. officials said many allies are still behind the path of the five percent commitment of GDP for defense by 2035. ▪The London Times wrote that Matthew Whitaker, the U.S. ambassador to NATO, said Poland, Northern European countries, and the Baltic states are leading the way in increasing defense spending, but many allies are still lagging, and President Trump expects all of them to “immediately” get on track to reach five percent.