NATO’s rocky relations with theUSis facing another blow as Washington looks to make withdrawals. A senior Pentagon official reportedly told a behind-closed-doors meeting in Brussels that America would be cutting back forces available to NATO.
Sources have claimed the move is about putting pressure on European allies to more rapidly beef up their forces to stop relying on American military support. Transatlantic NATO relations have suffered a series of blows this year, including a fallout overDonald Trump’scomments about acquiring Greenlandand hisfierce criticism of alliesover their response to the US-Israelwar onIran. It is claimed Alexander Velez-Green, a senior war department adviser, told the meeting that withdrawn assets could include submarines, warships and strategic bombers.
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The US has also warned it could reassign a third of its fighter jets allocated to protectEuropein a crisis, according toThe Telegraph.
European sources told the newspaper that the move was similar to previous statements made by the Trump administration.
The future of NATO has been plunged into doubt in recent months afterMr Trump threatened to leave the alliance.
He also announced the withdrawal of 5,000 troops fromGermanyafter Chancellor Friedrich Merz suggested the US had been “humiliated” by Iran.
The US is by far NATO’s biggest military spender and power but Mr Trump has grown increasingly frustrated with the alliance, particularly over allies’ perceived lack of action in the conflict in theMiddle East.
Washington has called for a “NATO 3.0” which would see European allies be responsible for security on the continent and enabling US forces to focus on the Indo-Pacific.
Source: Daily Express :: World Feed
