‘Paying Their Own Bills': Impressed By Spending Hike, Trump Says NATO No More Obsolete
Meanwhile, NATO chief Mark Rutte was in White House on Monday where he held an important meeting with Donald Trump and highly placed officials of the American defence sector.
Trump and Rutte also unveiled a deal under which the NATO military alliance would buy billions of dollars of arms from the United States — including Patriot anti-missile batteries — and send them to Ukraine.
'This is really big," said Rutte, as he touted a deal aimed at easing Trump's long-held complaints that the United States is paying more than European and NATO allies to aid Ukraine.
Germany, Canada, Denmark, Finland, the Netherlands, Norway, Sweden and Britain were among the buyers helping Ukraine, added the NATO chief.
'If I was Vladimir Putin today and heard you speaking… I would reconsider that I should take negotiations about Ukraine more seriously," said Rutte.
Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said he had spoken with Trump and was 'grateful" for the arms deal.
Trump told Russia on Monday to end its war in Ukraine within 50 days or face massive new economic sanctions, as he laid out plans for infusions of weaponry for Kyiv via NATO.
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