U.S. Ambassador to NATO Matthew Whitaker told Newsmax that the defense alliance is “stronger” since President Donald Trump returned to the White House in January.
Whitaker told “America Right Now” on Saturday that “There’s no doubt that Donald Trump has made NATO stronger. He has made sure that our transatlantic defense and our allies are contributing and boosting their capabilities and their resilience and investing in their own defense.”
The ambassador said Trump is solely responsible for pushing NATO allies in Europe to resume funding for their own defense. “Many European countries took a peace dividend where they took their foot off the gas, stopped investing in their military, stopped investing in border security,” Whitaker said.
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