NATO allies await US defense secretary’s visit, the first by a member of the Trump administration
U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth will become on Wednesday the first member of the new Trump administration to visit NATO.
US defense secretary Hegseth visits NATO, as allies struggle with Trump's spending demands
As the new US defense secretary comes to Brussels on his first NATO visit, European allies will express willingness to boost defense spending but hope to keep it below the 5% Trump has demanded.As ...
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Trump to squeeze NATO allies who aren’t paying what they owe, US’ national security advisor says
Some of America’s most critical NATO allies have been shirking their ... their spending to at least 5 percent GDP,” US National Security Advisor Mike Waltz told The Post.
Pentagon says US defense, NATO chiefs discuss need for more spending, lethality
U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth and NATO Secretary-General Mark Rutte discussed the alliance in a call on Wednesday, ...
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NATO Could Raise Its Future Defense Spending to Five Percent
In 2014, the member states jointly agreed to commit two percent of their national gross ... 32 member states, the United States remains the cornerstone of NATO. U.S. defense spending makes up ...
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A US exit from NATO under Trump would likely trigger a legal showdown
In 2018, President Donald Trump privately warned that he might withdraw the US from NATO. He complained that ... It added a special provision in the 2020 National Defense Authorization Act ...
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NATO chief says European defence without US ‘will not work’
Rutte also dismissed any notion that Europe could abandon its security relationship with the US. NATO’s secretary-general said a European defence strategy without Washington would be a “silly ...
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Pentagon Says US Defense, NATO Chiefs Discuss Need for More Spending, Lethality
Pentagon Says US Defense, NATO Chiefs Discuss Need for More Spending, Lethality WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth and NATO Secretary-General Mark Rutte discussed the ...