Since Stoltenberg stepped down in November 2024, Trump has further reshaped NATO’s defense spending expectations in 2025, pushing allies at the alliance’s summit in The Hague in June 2025 toward a new benchmark of 5 percent of GDP by 2035. Update 09/29/25, 3:14 p.m. ET: This article was updated with comment from White House spokesperson Anna Kelly.

Donald Trump is working on establishing a Ukraine victory fund which will be bankrolled by fresh tariffs on China.

The tension between the United States and Spain has reached a new level after U.S. President Donald Trump issued a NATO ultimatum, calling for Spain to be expelled from the alliance. The statement came during his meeting with Finland’s President Alexander Stubb on October 9,

President Donald Trump on Tuesday said NATO countries should shoot down Russian aircraft if they enter their airspace. The comments came as Trump met with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy on the sidelines of the United Nations General Assembly in New York.

President Donald Trump criticizes NATO countries for continuing Russian energy purchases, saying China and India are primary funders of the ongoing war.

Donald Trump's Secretary of War has been forced to make an "unscheduled landing" in the United Kingdom after a "crack" appeared on his aircraft's windshield. Pete Hegseth's aircraft declared an emergency and diverted to an RAF base in the UK.