The Secretary of State of USA, Marco Rubioconfirmed Thursday in Denmark that his country will continue in the Organization of the North Atlantic Treaty (NATO)but insisted that its members, mostly European, they must increase their cats and reach 5% of GDP in defense.
“The president of the United States, (Donald) Trump, has made it clear, supports NATO. We will remain in NATO ”, Rubio said at a meeting of Foreign Ministers of the Alliance that took place at its headquarters located in Denmark.
NATO is a key organism in the defense of Europe and one of the points of greatest tension with Russia. The US was historically the mainly member and a strut in support for Ukraine in his war with Moscow. With Trump’s arrival, that role is changing.
“We want to leave here understanding that we are on the path, A realistic path for each of the members to fulfill a promise to reach 5 % of GDP In spending, ”Rubio asked.
“If threats are really as serious as I think they are, as the members of this alliance believe they are, then that threat has to be confronted with a full and real commitment,” Rubio said at the same time that he said that this effort includes the United States.
To justify this increase in defense, he recalled the large -scale war in Ukraine, in “the heart of Europe”, they are a “reminder that Hard power remains necessary as a deterrent. ”
Donald Trump’s message in the midst of the tariff war
The American president Donald Trump said Thursday that the United States will come out “Strong” of the situation created by its announcement of tariff increases to imported products. “The operation ended! The patient survived and recovers. The forecast is that the patient will be much stronger, bigger, better, and much more resilient than ever “, Trump wrote on his social truth platform.
The White House representative, Karoline Leavitt, also tried to reassure investors in the United States. “Everyone at Wall Street, I tell you this morning ‘have confidence in President Trump”ensuring that the Republican president is “increasing” his commitment to his successful economic strategy. The official reiterated that with the new tariff barriers, “The United States will no longer be deceived by other countries” And he said Trump will not turn in his decisions.
Source: Ambito
