NATO chief praises Trump for his “really extraordinary” action against Iran in text messages
NATO Secretary-General Mark Rutte praised U.S. President Donald Trump's decision to “really extraordinary” military strikes against Iran in a series of text messages before the military alliance meets in the Netherlands.
Those messages Trump posted on his social media platform suggest Rutte was impressed by Trump's decision to attack Iran's nuclear website over the weekend.
Rutte, the Dutch prime minister before the Dutch prime minister held the highest position in NATO, said Trump's order to assume the Iranian regime “makes all of us safer.”
The information confirmed by a RUTTE spokesperson to CBC News is true, and is in the hours of Trump and other world leaders, including Prime Minister Mark Carney, this year's NATO summit will be held in The Hague, with the focus on making the coalition stronger, fairer, more fairer, and more. ”
Midnight Hammer's operation deployed B-2 Spirit Bombers to drop nearly 1 million pounds of bunker bombs at Iran's nuclear site. Additionally, it is believed how Ukraine achieved what it described as the longest attack on Russia.
Rut said Trump has long called on NATO members to spend more money on defense to start producing results – he praised the U.S. president for personally pushing members to put out more money.
“You're going to have another great success in The Hague tonight. It's not easy, but we signed them all 5%.”
“Donald, you've driven us into a really very important moment in the United States, Europe and the world,” Rutt said. “You're going to achieve something that hasn't been able to accomplish in decades of what the president of the United States can't accomplish.”
Rutte publicly stated that his goal is to get all 32 members guaranteed by the league this week to increase defense spending to 5% of GDP, a key need for Trump, who has long complained that the United States has paid too much for defense compared to other NATO allies.
NATO members reportedly reached a compromise agreement to dedicate at least 3.5% of GDP to core military needs by 2035, while 1.5% of GDP will dedicate security-related projects such as cybersecurity and infrastructure to 1.5%. This is a two-percent improvement set in 2014, which is now considered inadequate given Russia's militarization and other global security threats.
Canada has long been a laggard in military spending, but in Carney's observation, this has become a top priority.
Former Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced last year that Canada will reach NATO's spending target by 2032.
Carney said the new administration, led by him, would achieve that this year.
Now, Canada and other NATO members may be forced to go further. Carney has previously said that it could include investments in key minerals that are ubiquitous in military equipment, and it is relatively easy to attack Canada's ability to combat China's infrastructure potions.
In an interview with CNN International on Tuesday, Carney said the spending target is still a decade and there is time to figure out how to meet Canadian requirements.
He said the new target will cost as much as $150 billion a year.
“I didn't sign a bunch of postal hardware, military hardware checks,” he said.
