Czech Leader Calls on Trump to Give Europe More Time to Rearm
By and Kriti Gupta
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Czech President Petr Pavel called on the US to give Europe more time and realistic goals to take care of the continent's security and contain an increasingly aggressive Russia.
European nations can't secure a lasting peace in Ukraine without American help and President Donald Trump is right to demand that they significantly ramp up defense spending, said Pavel, a former top-ranking NATO general. But it would take years to replace some protections now provided by Washington, he told Bloomberg Television in an interview in his office in Prague.
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