Even before Donald Trump returned to the White House, Washington had indicated its intention to pivot resources away from Europe – but over the last year and a half, that pivot has accelerated.
The second Trump administration has made frequent announcements of troop withdrawals and cuts to crucial military capabilities made available to the alliance, while Trump himself has repeatedly derided NATO itself as a “paper tiger” – even threatening to pull the US out of the alliance altogether.
To fill the gaps being created by the ongoing US drawdown, Europe and Canada have significantly increased core defence expenditure with an agreement to spend…
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