The U.S. will cut its contribution to the direct NATO budget, which covers maintenance of the NATO headquarters, joint security investments and some combined military operations.
President Donald Trump appears to have partially achieved a long sought goal in cutting American investment in NATO, confirmed just days before the alliance's leaders head to London for a meeting next week.
The new arrangement covers the maintenance of the NATO headquarters, joint security investments and some combined military operations, CNN explained. The total comes to around $2.5 billion and stands separately from each nation's military spending. Russia considers the existence and continued expansion of NATO an existential threat to the country, and has repeatedly warned that allowing more eastern European nations to join the alliance could provoke conflict., for example, suggested"Putin's getting exactly what he wanted for Christmas. Trump's betrayal of the US grows more complete and his motives clearer with every passing day. And it was crystal clear three years ago.
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