BRUSSELS, Belgium --New US Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth arrives for his first meetings at NATO headquarters Wednesday looking to push European
BRUSSELS, Belgium –New US Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth arrives for his first meetings at NATO headquarters Wednesday looking to push European nations over support for Ukraine and ramping up military spending.
Trump’s return to the White House has set nerves on edge as he pushes his “America First” agenda and has questioned US security commitments in Europe. “The European continent deserves to be free from any aggression, but it ought to be those in the neighbourhood investing the most in that individual and collective defence.”
Given the level of the threat from Moscow there is a clear acceptance that spending must rise and Rutte has already said it could need to go “north” of three percent.
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