NATO: Higher defense spending is no magic bullet after Trump's attack

CNN — It has been a good week for NATO. Just days after US election frontrunner Donald Trump declared that he would encourage Russia to do "whatever the hell they want" to allies who don't meet their defense spending commitment, a record number of NATO members declared that they would up their spending. Jens Stoltenberg, NATO secretary-general, said on Wednesday that 18 out of the 31 members of the military alliance would meet the 2% of GDP defense spending, meaning a record amount of money being spent across the alliance is expected this year. Behind closed doors, officials are having…