Trump will attend the NATO summit in The Hague

The US President Donald Trump will definitely be attending the NATO summit. This information was released by White House spokesperson Karoline Leavitt on Monday (23 June), according to Reuters. The United States is the most important member of the military alliance. Trump has pressured member states to increase their defence spending, with the aim of making NATO less dependent on the US. Member states have now agreed to eventually spend 5% of their GDP on defence.

On Saturday night, the United States bombed nuclear facilities in Iran. In light of Trump's active involvement in the conflict between Israel and Iran, it was unclear whether he would still travel to The Hague. This would have been Trump's first visit to the Netherlands as president.

Source: commonspace.eu with agencies

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