US EditionTrump says whether he’ll commit to NATO mutual defense guarantee ‘Depends on your definition’
- On June 24, 2025, NATO allies began a two-day summit in The Hague to discuss boosting defense spending and alliance unity.
- The summit follows Russia's 2022 invasion of Ukraine, which NATO cites as a key reason for increasing military investment to 5% of GDP.
- U.S. President Donald Trump, attending the summit, cast doubt on U.S. commitment to NATO's mutual defense clause, saying "Depends on your definition" of Article Five.
- Trump supports increasing defense spending to 5%, calling it "good" and saying it "gives them much more power," while NATO Secretary-General Mark Rutte described Russia as unable to outproduce NATO.
- The summit aims to demonstrate NATO's unity and resolve despite internal doubts, with potential impacts on U.S.-European relations and defense strategy amid ongoing conflicts.
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A significant result at the NATO summit. Donald Trump says it is necessary for all NATO allies to shoulder the burden of defending Europe.
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President Donald Trump on Wednesday will meet with members of a NATO alliance that he has worked to bend to his will over the years and whose members are rattled by his latest comments casting doubt on the U.S. commitment to its mutual defense guarantees. Trump’s comments en route to the Netherlands that his fidelity to Article 5 “depends on your definition” are likely to draw a spotlight at the NATO summit, as will the new and fragile Iran-Isra…
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Trump injects uncertainty over defense guarantees in treaty
NOORDWIJKERHOUT, Netherlands — President Donald Trump on Tuesday injected some uncertainty over whether the U.S. would abide by the mutual defense guarantees outlined in the NATO treaty as he headed to its summit — comments that could revive long-standing concern…
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