Are you serious? They were laughing at him period. NATO funding was one of the items he was pushing them on and they laughed behind his back.Where in the article does it say they laughed at him because he was asking for 2%?
Again, 24 of 32 countries reached a minimum of 2%, and then changed it to 5%.
Why is that?
If you prefer to bury your head in semantics that's you're choice.
In 2016 only a handful of NATO members were meeting their commitments. By the time Trump left office in 2020, a few more upped their commitments.
Not sure where you get your "24 of 32" meeting their 2% but I think that's way off as of a year ago...
Only 35% of NATO Countries Meet the Group’s Defense Spending Target
https://www.usnews.com/news/best-co...tries-meet-the-groups-defense-spending-target