President Donald Trump has said it is “ridiculous” for the U.S. to continue its “one sided” relationship with NATO. Prior to the July 7th opening of the military alliance’s next summit in Ankara, Trump is pushing for its European members to pay their own way on defence and security.
According to U.S. secretary of state Marco Rubio in May
The president’s views–frankly, disappointment–at some of our Nato allies and their response to our operations in the Middle East, they are well documented.
That will have to be addressed.
Trump has since continued to use his social media accounts to push for members of the 32-state alliance to uphold their existing commitment to spending 5% of GDP on defence by 2035.
Separately, Canada aims to announce a global defence bank with around 10 founding member nations at the summit in Turkey, with Luxembourg as its European base. Canadian prime minister and Eurovision enthusiast Mark Carney is pushing for the creation of the Defence, Security and Resilience Bank to enable what he calls NATO “middle powers” to access inexpensive finance for future wars.
