NATO summits have often coincided with key points in transatlantic security. Thanks to Donald Trump’s disruptive agenda, the Hague summit from June 24 to 25 promises to be particularly significant – but in ways that ultimately may benefit European security and backfire on the US president.
NATO summit spending promises may cost America dear
President Trump’s ambivalence about the alliance’s all-important Article 5 may increase European defence budgets, but could have unintended consequences at home, warns Andrew Dorman.
The World Today
Published 9 June 2025
Updated 16 June 2025 — 4 minute READ
Image — President Trump at a NATO meeting in 2019. Ahead of this year’s summit in the Hague, Trump has questioned the US committment to Article 5 and called for European allies to spend more. Photo: Nicholas Kamm/AFP via Getty Images.
