President-elect Donald Trump said NATO nations should spend the equivalent of 5% of their economic output on defense, ramping up his demands on European allies to more than double the current target.

Donald Trump on Tuesday pushed NATO members to boost their defense spending to five percent of GDP, underlining his long-standing claims that they are underpaying for US protection.

Donald Trump said NATO member states should be paying 5% of their GDP into their militaries during a press conference Tuesday at Mar-a-Lago: REPORTER: If I could just follow up on Ukraine and Iran, the two negotiations you'll be heading into.

During a rambling speech, Trump also vowed to change the name of the Gulf of Mexico to the Gulf of America and said the US would demand that NATO countries boost defense spending