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Trump's Article 5 NATO announcement puts summit at risk
Direct Translation via Google Translate. Edited.[Regnum] US President Donald Trump's recent statement on Article 5 of the NATO Charter on collective security has jeopardized the alliance's summit in The Hague. This was reported on June 25 by the Financial Times, citing three European officials.  Earlier, when asked whether he remained committed to the principle of collective defense, Trump told a reporter that the decision “depends on what definition you subscribe to.” "Three European officials attending the summit said the comments had cast a shadow over the meeting and threatened to derail the event," the report said. According to the newspaper's source, the outcome of the meeting depends on the decision Trump makes. "We are all sitting here waiting for him to tell us whether he will defend Europe," the source said. As reported by the Regnum news agency, the NATO summit in The Hague took place on June 24 and 25. Following its results, the participants of the meeting made a joint statement, in which they indicated that Russia remains a long-term threat to Euro-Atlantic security. The leaders of the countries that are members of the alliance also confirmed their commitment to the principle of collective defense. Deputy Director of the Center for Comprehensive European and International Studies at the Higher School of Economics, Valdai Club expert Dmitry Suslov told the Regnum news agency that NATO is seriously preparing for war with Russia, and the bloc does not need pretexts like the Ukrainian crisis. NATO statements that the "Russian threat" is the main one for the bloc are heard regularly in various formulations: both from its individual representatives and at the communiqué level. There is nothing surprising about this, Suslov believes. The expert also recalled that NATO is actively strengthening the military infrastructure on the Russian borders. Posted by: badanov 2025-06-26 |
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