Canada is hinting that it will accelerate plans to boost its defense spending to hit a long-elusive NATO target. But it’s looking like that’s too little, too late to avoid the wrath of the incoming Trump administration and its push to get NATO allies to spend more.

Canada’s military chief is working to soften the expected blowback from President-elect Trump’s return to office, with Canada trailing the majority of NATO allies in reaching the targeted 2 percent of gross domestic product (GDP) for defense spending.