The former US president had challenged Washingtons NATO allies over their failure to pay their share of the blocs defenses Former US pre
The former US president had challenged Washington’s NATO allies over their failure to pay their share of the bloc’s defenses
Former US president Donald Trump’s disparaging comments about NATO members’ failure to pay their share of the bloc’s defense costs put the whole alliance at risk, NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg warned in a statement on Sunday.
«Any suggestion that allies will not defend each other undermines all of our security, including that of the US, and puts American and European soldiers at increased risk,» he said, reiterating that the bloc remained «ready and able to defend all allies.»
Any attack on a NATO member country would trigger a «united and forceful response,» Stoltenberg pledged.
«I expect that regardless of who wins the presidential election, the US will remain a strong and committed NATO ally,» he added.
