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President Donald Trump on Tuesday threatened to impose trade penalties, including tariffs, on Spain for refusing to raise its defense spending to 5 percent of GDP, calling the country’s stance “disrespectful” to NATO. “I’m very unhappy…
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Pentagon officials privately warned European diplomats in late August that the US would scale back security aid to Latvia, Lithuania, and Estonia — NATO members bordering Russia — and urged Europe to become less reliant on Washington. The…
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US President Donald Trump on Saturday urged NATO countries to immediately halt purchases of Russian oil and to impose tariffs of 50–100% on China until the war in Ukraine ends. In a post on Truth Social, Trump said he had issued a letter…
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After addressing Donald Trump’s demands for greater European defense spending within NATO, EU leaders on Thursday shifted focus to a more pressing economic threat: looming US tariffs. With a July 9 deadline fast approaching,…
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Hundreds of demonstrators rallied on Sunday in The Hague to protest against NATO, rising military expenditures, and a possible conflict with Iran—just two days before the alliance’s summit in the Dutch city. “Let’s invest in peace and…
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Deputy Secretary of State Christopher Landau raised eyebrows with a social media post questioning the relevance of NATO, just ahead of the alliance’s annual summit. In a message later deleted, Landau responded to a thread by Matthew…
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Russia is actively working to challenge the unity and resolve of the NATO alliance, with its confrontational actions extending beyond Ukraine’s borders, according to Germany's foreign intelligence chief. Bruno Kahl, head of the Federal…
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Ukraine’s “creativity,” including its massive “Spider’s web” drone attack deep inside Russia, holds profound lessons for Western militaries, the top NATO commander overseeing battlefield innovation told AFP. “What the Ukrainians did in…
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US Secretary of State Marco Rubio said on Thursday that all NATO members will have agreed on a goal of spending the equivalent to 5 percent of GDP on defense over the next decade by the 2025 NATO Summit in June. He made the comments while…
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The Senate confirmed Matt Whitaker late Tuesday as President Donald Trump’s US ambassador to NATO, a crucial emissary to the Western alliance at a time of growing concern about the American commitment abroad. Whitaker, who had served in…
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