US assets will be contingents on whether allies meet their spending target, Hegseth said
The US will conduct a six-month review of its assets in Europe, Defence Secretary Pete Hegseth told NATO allies on Thursday, warning US commitments will now be contingent on allies’ defence spending.
“I’m announcing today a six-month Department of War review that will examine America’s force posture and basing in Europe,” Hegseth told his fellow NATO defence ministers in Brussels.
The audit, which he dubbed a “NATO 3.0 review”, is part of Washington’s push to have Europeans take over the conventional defence of the continent as it seeks to move to other theatres of operations, mainly the Indo-Pacific.
From now on, US contributions “will be contingent on other countries meeting their defence spending targets. Where other allies do not spend with urgency, our dues contributions will go down,” Hegseth said.
