Biden appears to confuse NATO with Ukraine in calling for Congress members to pass funding bill
President Biden appeared to confuse NATO and Ukraine on Saturday when he called on members of Congress to return to Washington, D.C., to vote on a bill that would provide funding for Ukraine, Israel and Taiwan. “The idea that we’re going to walk away from Ukraine, that we’re going to start allowing NATO to break […]
Trump’s NATO Comments Are ‘Wake-up Call for Many European Countries that Haven’t Done Enough’
In an interview with PBS NewsHour foreign affairs and defense correspondent Nick Shiffrin on Friday, Estonian Prime Minister Kaja Kalas responded to former 2024 Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump’s comments about NATO by saying, “U.S. All of these statements from the US President Trump said, “We are not taking our defense seriously enough,” and President […]
Biden campaign highlights Trump’s ‘shameful’ NATO remarks in battleground ad
The Biden campaign released a new ad on Friday targeting former President Trump’s recent comments questioning his commitment to North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) allies. The 60-second digital ad is scheduled to air until Super Tuesday and targets voters in Michigan, Wisconsin and Pennsylvania. The campaign says these states are home to more than 2.5 […]
Austin says ‘secure’ US ‘impossible without a strong NATO’
Defense Division Chief Lloyd Austin said in a statement that the United States remains steadfastly committed to defending the territory of all NATO members. “As President Biden has repeatedly made clear, the United States will continue to work with our NATO allies to protect every corner of their sovereignty and territory,” Austin said. “Our commitment […]
Christie says Rubio, GOP ‘all bend the knee’ by defending Trump’s NATO threats
Former New Jersey Governor Chris Christie (R) criticized Republican senators, including Sen. Marco Rubio (R-Fla.), for defending Donald Trump’s recent comments about the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO). “Everyone is on bended knee” to the former president, he said. Christie, a former Trump supporter who ran in the primary against Trump as one of the […]
NATO chief warns of danger in dividing US, Europe
NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg on Thursday spoke to allies about growing concerns that U.S. politics could divide the United States and Europe following former President Trump’s recent comments disparaging the alliance. I warned you. Mr. Stoltenberg has argued that between the U.S.’s reluctance to provide funding for aid to Ukraine, citing partisan conflict, and President […]
Russia is watching America’s fight over Ukraine and NATO
On the eve of the opening of the Munich Security Conference, the Super Bowl of foreign policy events, America is sending deeply mixed signals about democracy.parliament and Fight Former president over funding to Ukraine threatening To end the consternation of NATO and Europe, the United States is having its worst moment in public diplomacy. of […]
Democrats win seat, Republicans win impeachment, two presidents clash over NATO
Had the second attempt to impeach the Secretary of Homeland Security been made a little later, Republicans would have failed again. Instead, they succeeded in impeaching Alejandro Mayorkas, the first sitting Cabinet secretary to impose sanctions, by a single vote. But a victory in George Santos’ old district would have given Democrats additional votes to […]
NATO chief touts record defense spending, pushes back on Trump’s remarks
NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg said Wednesday that the alliance’s members have increased defense spending to record amounts, and former President Donald Trump suggested last week that he would condone attacks on European countries that are not spending enough. He said he objected. Stoltenberg said European allies and Canada increased defense spending by 11 per cent […]
House GOP snubbing Ukraine aid is a far more serious threat than Trump’s NATO theatrics
Recalling his meetings with European leaders as president, Donald Trump warned at a campaign rally over the weekend that Russia would do “whatever it takes” to NATO members that don’t meet alliance spending guidelines. He suggested that he intended to do so, sparking new controversy. This follows months of efforts by a small group of […]