The information afraid the exercises to take place after 2025,” explained the Swedish paper portal ‘Expressen’, stressing that this is another signal indicating the limitations of American engagement in Europe.
As the Moscow Times reminded, US president Donald Trump is considering a extremist revision of the safety guarantee: according to her, the United States could refuse to defend allied countries if they did not meet the requirements of circumstantial military spending. In addition, the White home plans to change its policy on US participation in NATO military exercises. Joint manoeuvres, as planned by Washington, would besides be carried out primarily with those countries that meet the criteria for investment in defence.
Trump Requirements
Donald Trump has long demanded that NATO countries increase defence spending – not to 2% of GDP, as at present, but to 5%. In fact, however, he stressed the portal, so far only 23 out of 32 countries reached the threshold, and only 5 countries – Estonia, Greece, Latvia, Poland and the United States – allocated more than 3% of GDP. Among them is Poland, which spends 4.12% of GDP on defence. In this context, the sources of the "Financial Times" study that Trump could compromise and lower demands to 3-3.5% of GDP, provided the Russian portal.
The "The Telegraph" has previously reported that Trump is considering the anticipation of withdrawing US troops from Germany. There are now about 35,000 American soldiers stationed in the territory of this country, but according to the paper they can be transferred to Hungary.
