{"id":5210,"date":"2026-07-03T06:36:39","date_gmt":"2026-07-03T06:36:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/nato\/5210\/"},"modified":"2026-07-03T06:36:39","modified_gmt":"2026-07-03T06:36:39","slug":"trump-says-ridiculous-for-us-to-maintain-current-support-for-nato-7","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/nato\/5210\/","title":{"rendered":"Trump says ‘ridiculous’ for US to maintain current support for NATO"},"content":{"rendered":"

WASHINGTON
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President Donald Trump<\/a> said on July 2 it is “ridiculous” for the United States to continue its “one sided” relationship with NATO<\/a>, less than a week before a NATO summit in Ankara.<\/p>\n

Trump wrote on his Truth Social platform: “They were not there for us!!!” and Washington’s relationship with NATO “is not reciprocal.”<\/p>\n

Trump has repeatedly lashed out at European allies over their response to the war in Iran, as several countries restricted the use of bases for U.S. forces.<\/p>\n

Trump also insists he wants Europe to take the lead role for its own defense, and Washington has already moved to scale back commitments.<\/p>\n

His Truth Social post on Thursday included a chart displaying the amount of NATO spending, with the United States investing vastly more than a few other member states depicted.<\/p>\n

Under pressure from Trump, NATO leaders had agreed at a gathering last year to boost defense-related spending to five percent of GDP by 2035.<\/p>\n

The upcoming NATO summit, which will bring together 32 member states, will be held in the Turkish capital on July 7-8.<\/p>\n

The alliance, founded in 1949, became a U.S.-led defense force credited with maintaining stability in Europe, keeping the Soviet Union at bay and solidifying Washington as a world power for decades to come.<\/p>\n

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