One of Donald Trump's advisers, Keith Kellogg, wants to see a meeting on NATO in 2025 if the ex-president takes a seat in the White House again. According to Reuters, Kellogg wants countries that do not reach the target of spending two percent of GDP on defense not to be protected by Article 5.
According to Article 5, an attack on a member state must be considered an attack on the entire alliance. Without such support, there are no guarantees that other countries will assist in the event of a military attack.
He does not want to say whether he has discussed the matter with Trump. Trump's campaign declined to comment. Kellogg has previously been described as a potential candidate for the Trump administration, if elected.
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Analysis: Europe's NATO countries must focus on their own
Today's NATO is a different defense alliance than it was during Donald Trump's presidency. That's what Jack Detsch and Amy Mackinnon write in an analysis in Foreign Policy after the uproar caused by the ex-president's behavior this weekend.
More countries reach the so-called two percent target and defense production increases. But at the same time, the EU has failed to supply Ukraine with one million artillery shells, as promised. And Trump is not the first American president who has tried to persuade Europe to invest more in defense, write Detsch and Mackinnon.
- It is no secret that the Europeans need to take their security more seriously, says NATO expert Rachel Rizzo.
Sky News Deborah Haynes for the same reasoning. That Trump, according to his own statement, would encourage Russia to do "whatever the hell they wanted" with a NATO country that does not spend enough money is bad for NATO, writes Heynes. However, she believes that it is at least as worrying that only every third member state reaches the two percent target.
European leaders believe that Trump's statement undermines the security of the alliance, but they should use their energy to arrange their problems to the point that threats can be deterred even without the United States, Haynes believes.
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