The objective of the alliance is to spend at least 2% of GDP for defense, but Trump wants it to be 5%. Rutte spoke of “considerably 3%north”.
The question will arise at the meeting of ministers of foreign alliances in Brussels on Thursday and Friday.
Trump comments on not defending NATO countries do not spend enough for defense and his threats to invade Greenland raise doubts about Washington’s commitment to NATO and the defense of Europe.
The Washington Post reported plans to start moving the US troops and weapons from Europe to Indo-Pacific, while NBC News wrote that the American administration could present the role of the Supreme Commander of the Allies Europe, the first military job of the Alliance, to a European.
Rutte rejected questions about reports. “These are questions anything. I have not seen anything more than these rumors and these reports. I have not seen any concrete proposal on this subject,” he said.
“It is not planned to withdraw or anything, we know that the United States is completely attached to NATO,” he added.
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