Incoming US President-elect Donald Trump keeps threatening to dropkick countries like Canada that don’t meet their defense spending obligations as members of the transatlantic weapons lobby known as the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) out of its protection racket.

Canada is preparing to increase its defense spending to meet NATO’s 2 percent target of gross domestic product (GDP). The slow pace of progress has drawn criticism from U.S. lawmakers and concerns about how it impacts the alliance’s unity and readiness.