In a statement issued by the NATO heads of state, the leaders reaffirmed their “ironclad commitment to collective defense,” as outlined in Article 5 of the NATO treaty, which states that an attack on one member is an attack on all. “Anybody who cares about American leadership, anyone who cares about protecting democracy, anybody who wants to take on authoritarians around the world should be scared to death by the fact that Donald Trump is telling us that if he was reelected president, he would throw our NATO allies to [Vladimir] Putin,” Van Hollen said. Former President Joe Biden called Trump’s remarks “appalling and dangerous,” while former NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg warned that Trump’s language “undermines our security,” after the president criticized European allies on the campaign trail in 2024 for falling short on defense spending commitments while the U.S. poured billions into the war in Ukraine.
Author: Melissa O'Rourke
Published at: 2025-06-25 21:22:38
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