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There is no replacement for hard power,
he said, after warning that Our partners must do far more for Europe's defence. We must make NATO great again, ... President Trump
Hegseth told reporters after the talks in Brussels, warning Ultimately, we have our own budgetary considerations to be had,
We have to take into account that this is a family,
Estonian Defense Minister Hanno Pevkur told reporters ahead of Thursday’s meeting, referring to the NATO alliance A majority of European countries do not want to lose face and are still not thinking in terms of the new Trump framework,
said a European official, No decision has been made on troop levels [in Europe], that’s a discussion to be had by the commander in chief,
he added, referring to a planned review of global U.S. military deployment The reason why European leaders are so hurt over Trump is that the U.S. has stopped pretending to see Europe as a meaningful player on geopolitical affairs,
My message will be very clear that in this family, we are standing shoulder to shoulder … protecting and defending ourselves,
But there is a recognition that the ambitions of the Communist Chinese are a threat to free people everywhere, ... it makes a lot of sense … to use our comparative advantages: European countries spending here in defense of this continent against an aggressor on this continent.”
For decades, Europeans, as good USA vassals, required a certain decorum in how they were treated, at least publicly, as if it was an article of the feudal contract,
We always knew a call would happen soon and teams are consulting each other,
Pete Hegseth said in Stuttgart that there are no plans to reduce troop levels. At the same time, the U.S. [has been] quite irritated for a long time … that they’re spending more than NATO’s European allies and Canada, so we need to do more,
Either we are within the parameters of a discussion that will genuinely bring peace through strength, or, on the contrary, it will be peace through weakness,
Two percent of GDP is not enough. Three and four and ultimately, as President Trump has said, five percent of defense spending is critical,
It's a crucial moment of truth,
Lecornu told reporters ahead of a NATO meeting in Brussels The United States faces consequential threats to our homeland. We must — and we are — focusing on security of our own borders,
To say that it’s the biggest and most robust alliance in history is true, historically speaking. But the real question is will that still be the case in 10 or 15 years,
The US position on Ukraine as articulated today should surprise no one in Europe: it’s just what European insiders have been saying to me off the record, in back channels, behind the scenes for two years: West Ukraine and East Ukraine, like West Germany and East Germany but in this case – EU Yes, NATO No,
Trump’s agenda isn’t about European security: it’s that he thinks the USA shouldn’t pay for European security,
said Nicholas Dungan, founder and CEO of CogitoPraxis, a strategic consultancy in The Hague The disturbing thing is of course that we have the two big guys, the two big egos … believing that they can maneuver all of the issues on their own,
he told Richard Quest on CNN International
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