President Trump said Thursday that NATO had to remain “strong” — as the military alliance’s top official praised him for sparking a “staggering” boost in military ...

Languages: English, French The Trump administration has been critical of NATO, with the president frequently questioning its value and pushing allies to increase their defense spending.

European Union leaders downplayed Trump's doubts about NATO's support after committing to increase defence spending. Spain announced plans to accelerate its defence spending. The French President ...

Mr. Trump has railed against allies for not meeting the NATO spending goal of 2 percent of ... How We Verify Our Reporting Our team of visual journalists analyzes satellite images, photographs ...

Trump's reported plan aims to concentrate US forces in European NATO countries that have met defence spending targets of two per cent of GDP, repeatedly criticising allies who have failed to meet ...

Trump's reported plan aims to concentrate US forces in European NATO countries that have met defence spending targets of two per cent of GDP, repeatedly criticising allies who have failed to meet this ...

Nato has urged the EU and Turkey to improve ... As well as a rush to increase defence spending, some EU capitals have championed working in a “coalition of the willing” with non-EU countries ...

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A Leopard battle tank, part of NATO's deterrence force in Latvia, is seen on a recent exercise at the Adazi training range, near the capital of ... back new defence spending after U.S. threatens ...

High-profile eliminations of wasteful spending (some real ... Greenland “one way or the other,” thereby threatening the NATO ally that is the territory’s sovereign. The outreach to the ...