Find the Source

Instapundit.com linked to a Stars & Stripes article that mentioned a recent survey of Germans about defense funding.  I always have suspicions about a web article that summarizes someone else without a link, but I found the survey.  Koerber-Stiftung:

"Boris Pistorius’s proposal to increase defense spending to 3 to 3.5 percent of the gross domestic product received the approval of 50 percent of those surveyed. Fifteen percent even consider this figure to be too low. At the same time, the majority of Germans (65 percent) oppose a military leadership role for Germany in Europe. In 2023, this figure was still at 71 percent. When it comes to greater involvement in international crises, Germans remain divided: 46 percent expressed support in September. This is the highest figure since the survey began in 2017. At the same time, 44 percent continue to oppose a stronger international engagement."

Liberals have tried to cast Trump's cajoling of NATO members to increase spending as threatening to abandon NATO but it appears that Trump was just ahead of the curve.