On the menu today: The first step of a long journey begins in Poland, NATO’s leader in defense spending as a percentage of GDP and a European ally that is all smiles about the new Trump administration, in part because visiting Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth called them a model for the rest of Europe. Elsewhere, the head of NATO warns that Russia is executing a “coordinated campaign to destabilize our societies and discourage us from supporting Ukraine,” the head of the European Commission wants to make it easier for European countries to run deficits if they’re spending on defense, and United Kingdom Prime Minister Keir Starmer announces he’s willing to deploy U.K. troops into Ukraine to ensure that any coming cease-fire is not merely “a temporary pause before Vladimir Putin attacks again.”
Trump Team’s Message to NATO Members: Why Can’t You Be More Like Poland?
Kraków, Poland — The big theme of last week’s Munich Security Conference was about how the attending representatives of the Trump administration — Vice President JD Vance and Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth — allegedly tore apart the longstanding U.S.-European ...
