Trump meets Zelensky and says higher Nato spending may deter future aggression

President Donald Trump gestures during a press conference after the plenary session at the Nato summit in The Hague (Markus Schreiber/AP/PA)

US President Donald Trump has met with Ukrainian leader Volodymyr Zelensky on the sidelines of the Nato summit and suggested that increased spending by the transatlantic alliance could help prevent future Russian aggression against its neighbours.

Nato members agreed to raise their spending targets by 2035 to 5% of gross domestic product (GDP) annually on core defence requirements as well as defence- and security-related spending.