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A Wary Europe Awaits Rubio With NATO's Future on Line

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Allies are deeply concerned by President Donald Trump’s readiness to draw closer to Russian leader Vladimir Putin, who sees NATO as a threat, amid a U.S. effort to broker a ceasefire in Ukraine.
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Washington remained committed to the alliance, but said they must agree to massively ramp up their spending targets for defence.
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Trump has repeatedly demanded that NATO allies boost defence spending to 5% of gross domestic product (GDP) as he accuses them of piggy-backing on the massive US defence budget, a stance Rubio reiter...
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A wary Europe awaits Rubio with NATO's future on the line
Yet, in just under two months, NATO has been shaken to its core, challenged increasingly by Russia and the biggest land war in Europe since 1945 from the outside, and by the Trump administration from within, breaking with decades of relatively predictable U.S. leadership.
Rubio: US is committed to NATO, but Europe must spend more on defence
U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio told NATO allies on Thursday that Washington remained committed to the alliance but expected them to spend far more on defence and would give them some time to do so.
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The secretary of state’s trip comes amid an abrupt shift in relations between the United States and Europe after close cooperation during the Biden era.
Rubio says US committed to NATO - but demands allies spend more
US Secretary of State Marco Rubio told nervous NATO members on Thursday that Washington remained committed to the alliance, but said they must agree to massively ramp up their spending
Marco Rubio tries to reassure wary allies of US commitment to NATO as President Trump sends mixed signals
U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio and the Trump administration’s new envoy to NATO are seeking to reassure wary NATO allies of the U.S. commitment to the alliance.
Rubio: US is committed to NATO, but Europe must spend more on defense
Secretary of State Marco Rubio told NATO allies on Thursday that Washington remained committed to the alliance but expected them to spend far more on defense and would give them some time to do so.
US reaffirms NATO defence spending demand as world rattled by tariffs
US Secretary of State Marco Rubio on Thursday underscored the need for NATO allies to spend more on defence, as the world was reeling from President Donald Trump's announcement of sweeping new tariffs on all imports to the United States.
Rubio says US won’t quit NATO in call to spend more on defense
Secretary of State Marco Rubio insisted that Donald Trump’s administration has no intention of leaving NATO even as the U.S. envoy demanded members of the military alliance ratchet up spending.
US committed as ever to Nato and Trump is not against the alliance, says Rubio
Washington wants to see European countries increase defence spending to five per cent, the US secretary of state said
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