NATO leaders are gathering in the Netherlands for the start of a historic two-day summit that could unite the 32-member security organization around a new

NATO member leaders, including U.S. President Donald Trump, were gathering for a summit in the Netherlands on Wednesday. They are expected to agree upon a new defense spending target of 5% of gross domestic product.

Much of the annual summit in The Hague seemed catered to the impulses and worldviews of the Republican president.

President Donald Trump met with Ukrainian leader Volodymyr Zelenskyy on the sidelines of the NATO summit Wednesday and suggested that increased spending by the trans-Atlantic alliance could help prevent future Russian aggression against its neighbors.