Carney says NATO spending shift underway amid Trump pressure on allies

ANKARA — Prime Minister Mark Carney says NATO countries are bolstering their own defence forces as U.S. President Donald Trump threatens to pull out of the alliance.

Trump has long said allies don’t spend enough on defence and that the U.S. has carried more than its fair share of NATO’s defence spending burden.

Carney told reporters in Turkey on the last day of the summit that Trump is looking to shift the burden, just as former U.S. president Barack Obama sought to do.

He says that shift is already starting to happen and expects it will continue.