Trump demanded that Europe (and Germany especially) make a decision. Either you’re afraid of Russia, in which case you need to fund a serious military and avoid becoming dependent on them (and quit giving them billions per month)... or you’re not afraid of them, in which case why do we have to continue to fund NATO...?
“Europeans can’t stand Trump (a recent poll found he is trusted by only 4 percent of Europeans!) and their leaders can’t rely on him.”
From the article. Ok now they got their wish. Hoped they liked being left high and dry in Afghanistan.
NATO is becoming a German Forth Reich, as EU has become. It was a useful tool in the past but its growing a mind of its own and may well turn on us at some future date.
The EU countries have bumped up their military spending. Thanks to Putin’s invasion of Ukraine