Why are European countries increasing defense spending?

I have been hearing a lot about this lately, why all of a sudden are places like the U.K.
doubling their defense budget?

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carpediem · 61-69, M

They've been slackers for decades. They rely on the protection of the US. Trump is calling them out. Time to play like grownups Europe. It's about time.