While this might be true now, this has not always been the case.

And there are still some individual NATO members that want to make excuses instead of pay their fair share for the nuclear umbrella we are providing them, among many other things.

Here is a timestamped link for convenience

https://www.youtube.com/live/6YihXoQjnYc?t=488

The vast majority of NATO countries are now above 3%

14 countries are above 4%

11 countries are between 3-4%

4 countries are between 2-3%

The countries under the 2% mark

1. Iceland - 1.72

2. Montenegro - 1.57 (incomplete data)

3. N. Macedonia - 1.66 (incomplete data)

You can play games with numbers all you want to make things look less bad, but many of the major EU economies have significantly neglected military spending. Not only is there a huge lack of munitions across the continent, there's a huge lack of ability to make any. Sure the invasion of Ukraine made these countries scramble to start fixing decades of neglect, but the damage has already been done.

What's your point or counter point?

The numbers are about where the EU is now, not where it was 2+ years ago. The EU has increased spending and is increasing production capacity. They are doing something about it. The US seems unable to do anything right now because of politics

The EU has had a very significant change in attitude

- 2 years ago about defense spending

- 2 months about defense independence, after hearing Trump's comments about NATO and House Republicans unwillingness to pass foreign defense aid

Taiwan, Japan, and South Korea have taken note as well