With entrenched conflicts continuing to rage in Ukraine and the Middle East, 2025 was already shaping up as a year of continued uncertainty and instability. The re-election of Donald Trump to the White House has only intensified that process,
Europe must stop relying on America for defence and rebuild its own capabilities, a senior executive at aerospace giant Airbus has warned.
The Palestinian Authority's Mohammad Hamdan believes that President-elect Donald Trump will "destroy Iran" and that Hamas will be forced to "become Palestinian"
Trump, Russia and Ukraine
During his first administration, Trump said in 2018 that the defense spending goal for NATO should be doubled to 4 percent. While on the campaign trail in the lead-up to the 2024 election, he also accused NATO of relying too much on U.S. contributions.
DONALD Trump’s first year back in the White House will have one main goal – and his success or failure will define the world’s future for the years to come. The 78-year-old
US President-elect Donald Trump reportedly plans to demand NATO allies to raise their defence spending to 5% of their GDP. Source: Financial Times, as cited by European Pravda Details: Two informed sources informed FT that Trump intends to push for a defence spending target of 5% of GDP among NATO members,
Comments by Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy that dismissed the idea of speaking to U.S. President-elect Donald Trump about Ukraine’s endeavor to join NATO have been presented out of context online.
NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte is expecting new pressure from US President-elect Donald Trump about the comparatively low defence spending of European allies including Germany. "He will want us to do more,
Donald Trump’s unexpectedly decisive victory in the 2024 presidential election will have global consequences. Foreign policy was not the centerpiece of either candidate’s campaign, but the two could scarcely have presented more diametrically opposed views.
President-elect Donald Trump casually and unintentionally threatened the security of the world, including the United States, when he talked in early 2024 about not protecting NATO countries that had failed to spend 2% of their gross domestic product on defense.
The president-elect's eagerness for a deal in 24 hours has convinced Russia's Vladimir Putin that he can con him.