July 3, 2018 Topic: Security Region
Why Is America Still Defending Europe?
Washington doesn't have to bear the cost of maintaining forces in Europe.
by Hugh White
Donald Trump will go to the NATO summit in Europe next week with these simple questions on his mind: Why should America should spend over 3.1 percent of GDP on defense, while Germany spends just 1.2 percent and the EU as a whole only 1.5 percent? Why should Americans pay so much more to defend Europe than these countries are willing to spend to defend themselves?
These are perfectly reasonable questions, and of course Trump is not the first president to ask them. He is, however, the first president who might actually demand answers, and who might well take action if he doesn’t get the answers he wants.
http://nationalinterest.org/feature/why-america-still-defending-europe-24957
