The elected president of USA, Donald Trump, met this Friday at Florida with the secretary general of the NATO, Mark Rutte, to talk about “global security.” Close sources affirm that the conversations focused on the conflict Russia-Ukraine.
During his first term (2017-2021) Trump was very critical of NATO and questioned his NATO partners. Atlantic Alliance for not allocating enough money to collective defense. During the last campaign, suggested that he would encourage Russia to do whatever it wanted with European countries not to increase their defense spending.
In addition, he questioned the sending of US military aid to Ukraine.
Trump and Rutte, reunited for global security
“They talked about the set of problems of global security with which the Alliance is confronted“said the spokesperson Farah Dakhlallah in a brief statement. Some US media reported that the talks focused on the Russian invasion of Ukraine and the defense capacity of Alliance member states.
In campaign, Trump emphasized increasing defense spending on NATO to 3% of GDP. Furthermore, he promised to end the war in just 24 hours once he took office.
The NATO chief previously mentioned that he exchanged text messages with the Republican. He assured that, during his first term, when Rutte was Dutch Prime Minister, cooperation “It was positive.”
NATO and Ukraine will meet emergency after Russia’s ballistic missile attack
The Western military alliance confirmed that the NATO Council – Ukraine, which brings together the ambassadors of the organization’s allies and their Ukrainian counterpart, will meet at the initiative of Kyiv. The meeting will take place next Tuesday, although no further details were given about it.
The emergency meeting comes in response to Russia’s attack carried out, for the first time, by an intercontinental ballistic missile. Following the launch, Russian President Vladimir Putin warned: “After long-range attacks from Ukraine, a regional conflict acquired elements of a global one”.
Donald Trump chose former prosecutor Matt Whitaker as the new US ambassador to NATO
Trump chose lawyer and lobbyist Matthew Whitaker as his US ambassador to NATO. Whitaker served as Acting Secretary of Justice during the Republican’s first term.
Trump said Whitaker “will strengthen relations with our NATO allies and will stand firm in the face of threats to peace and stability.” He also defined his former attorney general as “a strong warrior and a loyal patriot, who will ensure that the interests of the United States are promoted and defended.”
Source: Ambito
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