This makes it incredibly difficult to report the facts, which seems to me the whole point. The BBC has had to change its online article on this 4 times in the last hour (and the BBC intentionally goes slower than most), with the original context of the piece 'Nato agrees spending increase' going to gooseberry fool. The latest version:
BBC News wrote:US President Donald Trump says Nato countries have agreed to increase their military spending.
Speaking after a two-day summit in Brussels, he said allies had committed to spending more than 2% of their annual output (GDP) on defence budgets.
The president has been highly critical of the alliance, complaining the US pays more than others.
After the meeting, he said he believed in Nato and it was "presently unnecessary" to consider quitting it.
In 2014, all Nato members agreed to increase their defence spending to 2% of their GDP by 2024.
Mr Trump wants this to happen sooner, and has previously urged Nato allies to commit at least 4% of GDP.
"We made a tremendous amount of progress today," he said. "It has been really amazing to see the level of spirit in that room."
He said Nato chief Jens Stoltenberg had given "total credit" to him for the increased spending, which he said he instigated during his first Nato meeting last year.
Mr Stoltenberg has yet to comment.
After the summit, President Emmanuel Macron denied any increases had been made to the existing goal, according to the Associated Press.
He referred to a joint communiqué that was published the day before. "It confirms the goal of 2% by 2024. That's all," he said.
He said France would commit to this figure and deadline, but he was unconvinced by proposals to increase it to 4%.
President Macron said the meetings had a different tone to the tweets and were more respectful, according to Reuters.
In a separate briefing, German Chancellor Angela Merkel said there was a clear commitment to Nato from all attendees.
The US leader has specifically singled out Germany for criticism over its defence spending.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-44808077Prior to Trump, if a US president says something had been agreed, you'd take that at face value.