U.S. President Donald Trump has hailed the NATO Summit as a success, saying members were committed to paying more for the alliance's defense. <br />However, some allies cast doubt over his claims….<br />For more on this and other news around the world we turn to our Ro Aram…<br />Aram… a bombastic end to the two-day summit in Brussels…<br /><br /> That's right Mark… the past two days saw President Trump give a mixture of jibes and praise towards NATO members.<br />But in the end he left satisfied.<br /> Trump told a press conference on Thursday that all NATO members agreed to increase their defense spending after he told them he was "extremely unhappy." <br />The day before, he suggested NATO allies double their military spending to four percent of their GDP, saying the U.S. was paying that much.<br />NATO figures show America spent 3.5 percent this year.<br /> Trump has repeatedly threatened to pull the U.S. out of NATO if burden-sharing was not improved. <br />When asked if that threat still stands, President Trump said he could, but no longer saw the need. <br /><br /> "I think I probably can, but that's unnecessary and the people have stepped up today like they've never stepped up before. And remember the word thirty-three-billion- dollars more they're paying and you'll hear that from the secretary-general in a little while. He thanked me actually…."<br /><br /> However, some NATO members cast doubt on Trump's claims that they had pledged to "substantially" raise their defense budgets.<br />They said they simply agreed to a 2014 deal to spend two percent of their GDP by the year 2024.<br />However, NATO's chief Jens Stoltenberg did note that President Trump's rhetoric did create a new sense of urgency. <br />
