Trump calls current US NATO support 'ridiculous' ahead of summit

newsJul 3, 202620607

Donald Trump called it "ridiculous" for the United States to maintain its "one sided" relationship with NATO, posting on Truth Social that "They were not there for us!!!" and that Washington's ties with the alliance "is not reciprocal." His post included a chart comparing NATO defence spending that showed the US investing vastly more than several members, including the UK and France. Trump has repeatedly attacked European allies over their response to the war in Iran, and the US has already moved to scale back commitments while he presses Europe to take the lead on its own defence. Under pressure from Trump, NATO leaders agreed last year to aim for defence-related spending of 5% of GDP by 2035. The US secretary of state said Trump was disappointed that allies refused to become more actively involved in attacking Iran. Senator Marco Rubio said the rift would be discussed at the NATO summit in Ankara on 7 and 8 July, which will bring together 32 member states.

Cheryl in Nova Scotia 🇨🇦🍁🍁

@minibubbly.bsky.social

Canada aims to announce 10 countries backing global defence bank at NATO summit #Canada #NATO The Defence Bank will be built and run in Canada. ctvnews.ca/canada/artic...

11616h ago

Cheryl in Nova Scotia 🇨🇦🍁🍁14

/2 The specific host city has not yet been finalized. Five Canadian cities are actively bidding for the headquarters: Toronto, Montreal, Ottawa, Vancouver, and Halifax.

Baja Arizona. We fight on.6

Canada continues to lead the way. 🇨🇦❤️

whereiswiseoldowl.bsky.social6

We are going to end up thanking trumplethinskin for Canada’s super star status 🤭🤣

eugenepeabody.bsky.social2

Our PM is the current leader of the free world .

Ben Holt 🇨🇦1

Has anyone actually explained the point of this bank, or are we all just assuming Banker Daddy knows what he's doing?

MAKS 26 👀🇺🇦

@maks23.bsky.social

🇺🇦🇺🇸Zelensky spoke about recent contacts with the US and plans to meet with Trump American negotiators have been in contact with Ukraine for the past two days. Zelensky added that he hopes to meet with Trump on the sidelines of the NATO summit in Ankara, Turkey next week.

13614h ago

Savchenko Volodymyr

@savchenkoua.bsky.social

To this end, a fund of €40 billion is planned to be created at the NATO summit in Ankara. Of this, about €12 billion will be provided by Germany, Pistorius said. German minister also said that he keeps a supply of food for several days and a huge amount of drinking water at home in case of war.

9416h ago

Mark Chadbourn

@chadbourn.bsky.social

Secretary of State Marco Rubio and senior Trump administration officials blocked Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth from announcing major US troop cuts in Europe at the recent NATO gathering, WSJ reports.

761h ago

lilychrystie.bsky.social11

Blocked the cuts or blocked announcing the cuts?

Changed_Display_Name_Again5

The US is going to lose its bases in the middle east. I don't think there will be appeasing Iran otherwise. Even if they do stay, they won't ever be able to be considered safe. That means US troops and bases in Europe just became much more important. Hopefully the EU can exploit that leverage.

Socius2

They will announce afterwards. Russia 2.0 at work.

David Herdson2

Just do it already. Europe knows (or bloody well should do) that Trump would never stand by Nato obligations. Having that out in the open would do everyone a favour and help get past the institutional blockage that's preventing non-US Nato from developing a genuinely functional alliance.

RG Poulussen2

So he has some autonomous power, this idiot.

Woodlock1

so their making the cuts without the announcing of it, weird.

Graham Simpson

@grahambs.bsky.social

Time to plan for a European defence strategy that doesn’t rely on America… www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...

263h ago

Dave Wilson1

If so, European countries should move away from buying defence equipment from America, including any future nuclear deterrent.

Ross Duncan1

Ridiculous for Europe to depend on a country like the US. It's too unstable.

Neil Swan1

Exactly. This involves not buying US apparatus but European. Also a realistic discussion on Nuclear. Its costing circa 1% of the 2.7% budget. Is it worth it? Or take it out of overall calculations into special stand alone category at least.

Mike Walker

@newnarrative.bsky.social

Top US General for Europe Resigns as Trump Squeezes NATO Allies www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

1813h ago

Anonymous

@youranonjd.bsky.social

Ukraine has Russia’s energy infrastructure absolutely fucking cooked. Russians are waiting upwards of six hours for gas. Meanwhile, Trump is ramping up his attacks on NATO. That’s not a coincidence.

185h ago

SvenViking1

NATO is a bulwark for the US, against its enemies.

PKs Powerfromspace1 🚀 Twitter ‘X’ refugee thank you 'Elon' 🙄

@powerfromspace1.bsky.social

@TheEuropeanHQ #NATO is about to replace its Boeing #AWACS fleet with 🇸🇪Sweden's @Saab GlobalEye. Announcement expected at next week's Ankara summit. Saab stock already up +6.3%. www.reuters.com/business/aer... Long overdue!

184h ago

Mike Vessey 🇺🇦 🇬🇱

@mikevessey.bsky.social

Will be interesting to see if any European leaders have the guts to tell Trump that NATO is a defensive alliance. No one was obliged to follow US into the Iran quagmire.

173h ago

Joe Public 🍁

@joepublic.bsky.social

🌍 NATO to replace u.s.-built AWACS with Saab GlobalEye 🌍 NATO picks 🇸🇪 Swedish jet over u.s. rival 🌍 AWACS replacement could deepen trump-NATO tensions #NATO #Saab #GlobalEye Reuters: www.reuters.com/business/aer...?

811h ago

Naida46

@naida46.bsky.social

💙💛 President of the Czech Republic Petr Pavel received a government document with an action plan for the NATO Summit. The Czech Republic will support Ukraine and commit to increase defense spending to 5% of GDP. unn.ua/en/news/pres...

1210h ago

Andy Scollick

@andyscollick.bsky.social

A reminder, one week before the #NATO Summit in Ankara, that we can no longer trust the United States of America to honour its commitments to collective defence.

51h ago

Mina Hanse

@mina-hanse.bsky.social

Canada intends to announce approximately 10 founding members of a new Defence, Security and Resilience Bank at the upcoming NATO summit. The initiative aims to raise up to £100 billion in low-cost finance to bolster allied defense. www.reuters.com/world/canada...

810h ago

AmplifyUkraine 🔱🇺🇦

@amplifyukraine.eu

Zelenskyy: Air defense should be one of key outcomes of NATO summit #Ukraine

616h ago

klastommy.bsky.social

@klastommy.bsky.social

Yes, the US spends a lot of money on the military. And Trump wants to spend even more. The connection to NATO is not obvious. The certainly do not spend this much on the defence of Europe.

122h ago

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theguardian.com‘Ridiculous’ for US to maintain current Nato support, Trump warns ahead of alliance summit

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Trump calls current US NATO support 'ridiculous' ahead of summit

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