Pete Hegseth Says Trump Will Enforce 5% NATO Defence Spending – Guido Fawkes

WATCH: Pete Hegseth Says Trump Will Enforce 5% NATO Defence Spending

US defence secretary Pete Hegseth has turned up the heat in Brussels today, declaring that NATO countries will raise defence spending to 5% of GDP – or risk losing American support. He warned allies they must be “combat ready”, telling reporters:

“So, we’re here to continue the work that President Trump started, which is a commitment to 5% defence spending across this alliance, which we think will happen. It has to happen by the summit at The Hague later this month. We need our allies here in Europe and in Canada to step up even more…We will deliver that. It’s time for Europe to step up”

Starmer, meanwhile, still hasn’t even committed to 3% by 2034. This comes after furious briefings from the MoD earlier this week, spelling out that the UK could be strong-armed into committing to 3.5% at this month’s NATO summit. Trump’s team now cranking up the pressure on Starmer…

Trump is meeting German Chancellor Friedrich Merz in the White House later today. Should be interesting…