Sir Keir Starmer, the Prime Minister, has expressed agreement with Donald Trump's demand that NATO countries meet their defense expenditure targets. Starmer acknowledges that Europe needs to contribute more to military spending, stating that it's a 'general proposition' that's correct. While emphasizing the need for increased European contributions, Starmer also highlights the significant capabilities NATO members are developing collectively.
Sir Keir Starmer has backed Donald Trump 's calls for NATO countries to meet their spending targets on defence. The Prime Minister told LBC's Nick Ferrari at Breakfast that the US president-elect was right to say that "Europe needs to do more" on military expenditure .Mr Trump, who will return to the White House in January, has urged the US' European allies to bolster military spending, and claimed it's unfair that Washington spends so much more on defence.
4%In raw terms, the US is the biggest contributor to NATO along with Germany, providing about 16% of the total budget. Asked if everyone should "pay their way", Sir Keir said he wasn't "going to sit here in an interview and start telling allies what they must do."He added that "all of our allied countries make a huge contribution to our collective defence and if Putin thought by his aggression in Ukraine that he was going to weaken NATO he made a big mistake.
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