James Mattis tells NATO members they need to increase defense spending by the end of the year or risk the curtailing of US defense support.
Pentagon Chief’s Ultimatum To NATO: “Boost Military Spending Or The U.S. Will Cut Its Support”
Ahead of Jim Mattis’ first official trip to Brussels as the new head of the Pentagon, NATO members were on edge to see if America’s new Defense Secretary would push the same agenda which Trump had vocalized during his presidential campaign, namely that he would withdraw US support of NATO unless its member states boosted their spending in support of the international military organization.