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On eve of visit, Europe braces for new defense demands from team Trump
ROME — Donald Trump’s demand that European states spend 5% of GDP on defense could spur arms shopping in Europe to the detriment of U.S. companies, analysts have told Defense News. The U.S. president’s insistence that Europe is underpaying for U.S. …