Trump fires warning shot at NATO ahead of meeting with secretary general

Published Jun 22, 2026 • 9:37 PM

President Donald Trump voiced his growing frustration with NATO on Monday, just two days before he’s slated to host Secretary General Mark Rutte at the White House, and suggested he might decline to defend the alliance from Russia. “The numbers that we spend are so crazy on NATO, and they weren’t there for us,” he […]

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