Defence spending and the shrunken size of the UK armed forces could be a point of friction between Britain and the new US administration, however. Donald Trump has said he believes his NATO allies should be spending at least 5% of national income on their militaries. Sir Keir Sta...
Open the full version Donald Trump has said he believes his NATO allies should be spending at least 5% of national income on their militaries. Sir Keir Starmer's government has yet to say by when it expects UK defence spending to inch up to 2.5% from around 2.3%....
In early 2021 he and other former secretaries of defense wrote a letter in which they stated that U.S. armed forces should not be used to settle election disputes. This came as Pres. Donald Trump refused to concede to Joe Biden, alleging—without evidence—widespread voter fraud in the ...