Live Updates: Trump Pushes Allies on Military Spending at NATO Summit – The New York Times
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Trump telegraphs defense spending concerns as he heads to NATO
President Donald Trump injected some uncertainty over whether the U.S. would abide by the mutual defense guarantees outlined in the NATO treaty prior to his arrival at its summit. Spain says it won’t get there, and Slovakia says it reserves the right to decide
President Donald Trump on Tuesday injected some uncertainty over whether the U.S. would abide by the mutual defense guarantees outlined in the NATO treaty prior to his arrival at its summit — comments that could revive long-standing concern from European allies about his commitment to the military alliance.
While NATO leaders are expected to endorse a goal of spending 5% of their gross domestic product on their security, Spain says it won’t get there, and Slovakia says it reserves the right to decide for itself. Trump last week went as far as to argue that the U.S. should not have to abide by the 5% spending pledge, although he appeared to soften those comments on Tuesday.
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The US President has claimed that Israel and Iran will not renew hostilities following the United States’ “tremendous attack” on Iran’s nuclear facilities. He also doubled down on his criticism of news outlets CNN and The New York Times for reporting that an initial US intelligence assessment downplayed the scale of the damage inflicted. Mr Trump revealed that 30 Tomahawk missiles were fired from one US submarine 400 miles from their target, and all the missiles landed within a few feet of where they were supposed to.
Speaking on the sidelines of the NATO Summit at The Hague, Mr Trump also doubled down on his criticism of news outlets CNN and The New York Times for reporting that an initial US intelligence assessment downplayed the scale of the damage inflicted.
Mr. Trump said he was “so proud” of Israel for not responding to an Iranian violation of the ceasefire and added that they “technically were right” for sending jets to respond before calling them back at his behest.
He stated there was no doubt there had been a “total obliteration” of the nuclear facilities and that “the last thing they (Iran) want to do is enrich anything.”
“The other team, the other group — Iran— said, ‘let’s stop this,’” he said.
“They’re (Iran and Israel) not going to be fighting each other. They’ve had it.”
Defense Secretary Peter Hegseth said the attacks had been an “overwhelming success” and confirmed the FBI was investigating the source of the leaks.
He said the intelligence reports the stories were based on were very preliminary and that the leaking was “politically motivated.”
Mr Trump revealed that 30 Tomahawk missiles were fired from one US submarine 400 miles from their target, and all the missiles landed within a few feet of where they were supposed to.
He also asked if anyone in the traveling press pack was from CNN, and when that was confirmed, he said, “you’re really disgraceful.”