NATO, Trump and Defense Spending
NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte is expecting new pressure from US President-elect Donald Trump about the comparatively low defence spending of European allies including Germany. "He will want us to do more,
As President-elect Donald Trump prepares to return to the White House ... was constructed largely to counteract the influence of Russia. In the past, Trump has criticized NATO, saying it relies too heavily on American money and military strength.
Comments by Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy that dismissed the idea of speaking to U.S. President-elect Donald Trump about Ukraine’s endeavor to join NATO have been presented out of context online.
Donald Trump has resurfaced an old position of his, that the US should take over Greenland, hours after also threatening to seize the Panama Canal.
A new body will assume responsibility for Ukraine aid, which one general called "a good day for Ukraine and a good day for NATO."
Trump’s proposal to buy Greenland in 2019 triggered tensions between the US and Denmark, with Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen describing it as “absurd,” making it clear Greenland was not for sale. The Danish government didn’t immediately respond to a request for comment on Trumps more recent statement.
President-elect Donald Trump’s renewed interest in Greenland is not going over well with the autonomous territory’s government. The island’s prime minister was defiant in the face of the president-elect’s demands Sunday that owning the island was an “absolute necessity” for the United States.
Vladimir Putin wants a sit-down with Donald Trump as equals in which they divide the world into spheres of influence.
Trump's picks include Elbridge Colby, who opposes Ukraine's NATO membership but supports tougher sanctions on Moscow, and Michael Duffey, who froze military aid to Kyiv in 2019.
A German politician introduced the idea that NATO could come up with a plan for achieving peace in Ukraine independent of Donald Trump's.
US President-elect Donald Trump has said he’ll quickly negotiate an end to Russia’s war in Ukraine. This has got NATO allies wondering if he’ll withdraw US support for the government in Kyiv and force it to accept a permanent Russian occupation of Ukrainian land.