There were unexpected moments of levity among the momentous decisions on raising spending to levels not seen since the Cold War.

By Andrew Gray, Sabine Siebold and Jeff Mason THE HAGUE (Reuters) -NATO leaders on Wednesday backed the big increase in defence spending that U.S. President Donald Trump had demanded, and restated their commitment to defend each other from attack after a brief summit in the Netherlands.

While Trump got what he wanted at the brief NATO summit, his allies will be relieved he committed to the fundamental principle of collective defense.