Donald Trump has taken another wild swipe at the UK and other NATO members as a whole as increasingly strained relations with the defence alliance appear close to collapse. The US President took to Truth Social to share a graphic illustrating the spending contributions from the US and other NATO members towards the alliance, showing the huge differences in spending between America and the likes of the UK, France, Italy and Poland.
Mr Trump, who has launched several attacks over recent months accusing fellow NATO members of not contributing enough to defence, unleashed yet another furious outburst on Truth Social. He wrote: “Ridiculous for the U.S.A. to continue along this one sided path when the relationship is not reciprocal. They were not there for us!!! President DJT.”
The US President has repeatedly criticised NATO members, arguing that many countries in the alliance are not contributing enough to their own defence.
He has even suggested that the United States could reconsider its commitment to NATO if allies fail to provide what he views as adequate support, particularly during periods of tension involving Iran.
Trump has also indicated that NATO members should show stronger and more consistent loyalty to Washington. These remarks drew criticism from Germany, which rejected the idea that alliance partners should offer unconditional support to the United States.
Germany was among the countries specifically mentioned in Trump’s latest post on Truth Social, highlighting ongoing disagreements over burden-sharing, defence spending, and the nature of transatlantic cooperation within the alliance.
Even on Thursday, the US President slammed his European allies for not contributing enough money to the organisation, calling it “ridiculous”.
He wrote on TruthSocial: “The United States spends more money on NATO than any other country, by far, to protect them, without getting any benefit from so doing: U.S. 999 Billion Dollars, United Kingdom, 90.5 Billion Dollars, France, 66.5 Billion Dollars, Italy, 48.8 Billion Dollars, Poland, 44.3 Billion Dollars. Others, including Germany, are MUCH LOWER. (2014-2025) Ridiculous! President DJT.”
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