NATO leader warns Europe is unable to defend itself without US assistance | Just The News

Rutte, who spoke with Trump at the World Economic Forum last week, told European lawmakers in Brussels that they would need to double their expected economic spending on defense if they hoped to defend themselves without the U.S. - Misty Severi

NATO Secretary-General Mark Rutte warned the European Union Monday that the alliance would not be able to defend itself without the United States' "nuclear umbrella" and military assistance...

“If anyone thinks here … that the European Union or Europe as a whole can defend itself without the U.S., keep on dreaming. You can’t,” Rutte said, according to the Associated Press. “If you really want to go it alone, forget that you can ever get there with 5%. It will be 10%...