EU’s top diplomat Kaja Kallas. Ever since his first administration, US President Donald J. Trump has made a point to pressure the European powers to dramatically increase their defense spending. Trump faced widespread resistance to his demands, but after the onset of the war in the Ukraine, the defense landscape is totally changed: now, most NATO countries promise significant defense budget increases, and some have actually raised their spending. So yesterday (31), as US Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth addressed the Shangri-la Dialogue in Singapore, he found a very different audience. The Guardian reported: “[Hegseth] said Donald Trump’s administration had pushed European countries to boost their defensive spending, taking on a greater ‘burden’ of responding to conflicts in their region, and it was time for Asian…
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