Trump won’t let Europe turn Uncle Sam into ‘Uncle Sucker’: US defense chief

Trump shows Nato the cold shoulder and thus causes a lot of unrest. However, the former Nato strategist Babst warns: Europe must "not put its head in the sand".

NATO tests new deployment model in Europe without US

NATO conducts Steadfast Dart 2025 in eastern Europe, focusing on rapid deployment and self-sufficiency without U.S. support

Pentagon chief calls on NATO partners to increase role in Europe’s defense

PENTAGON — U.S. Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth has called for NATO’s European members to increase their role in the defense of Europe as the United States focuses on defending the alliance’s Pacific flank. It is a move that he says will likely require European allies to significantly increase defense spending from 2% of GDP to about 5% of GDP. "We can talk all we want about values. Values are important, but you can't shoot values, you can't s…

Trump won’t let Europe turn Uncle Sam into ‘Uncle Sucker’: US defence chief

Pentagon head Pete Hegseth defended Trump’s Ukraine negotiations with Putin and urged allies to ‘make Nato great again’.

Pete Hegseth warns NATO allies ‘Uncle Sam’ won’t be ‘Uncle Sucker,’ defends Ukraine border comments

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth called on NATO allies to boost their defense spending to five percentage points of their nations' GDP in a speech during his first trip abroad Thursday.

Pete Hegseth again demands higher defense spending from the NATO states. He says to the peace talks with Russia: "No one will get anything he wants."