European Parliament president Roberta Metsola was right when she said, soon after Trump’s NATO comments, that the EU should spend more on defence and not rely on the US. Photo: Vitalii Stock/Shutterstock.com
Donald Trump’s outrageous threat that he would encourage Russia to do “whatever the hell they want” if NATO members failed to meet the alliance’s two per cent of GDP spending target on defence has raised alarm bells in European capitals. Trump isn’t even yet the Republican presidential nominee and the US election is months away,...
