U.S. President Donald Trump said on the 7th (local time) about the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) that "even if NATO does not help us, we will always help NATO." NATO is a Western military alliance of the United States and Europe.
On this day, Trump said on his social media (SNS) Truth Social, "Russia and China are not at all afraid of a NATO without the United States. The only country that China and Russia fear and respect is the United States rebuilt by DJT (short for 'Donald J. Trump')."
Trump then said, "I wonder whether NATO will actually help us when we truly need NATO," adding, "Everyone is fortunate that in my first term I rebuilt our military, and I am still doing so."
At that time, Trump referred to NATO member states agreeing, as he demanded, to raise defense spending to as much as 5% of gross domestic product (GDP), saying, "Everyone said it was impossible, but it was possible. Above all, it's because they are all my friends."
He added, "If it hadn't been for my intervention, Russia would have occupied all of Ukraine by now," and "I alone ended eight wars, but Norway, a NATO member, foolishly did not give me the Nobel Peace Prize."
He went on, "But that doesn't matter," emphasizing, "What matters is that I saved millions of lives."
Trump has consistently made "pressure remarks" about NATO. However, some analysis suggests that this latest "NATO-friendly" comment may be related to the recent Greenland controversy.
Trump and figures on the U.S. side are revealing a view that not only could they annex Greenland, an autonomous territory of Denmark and a NATO member, but that they would not rule out the use of force. As Denmark and other European members expressed anger over this, Trump is seen as signaling that he does not disregard NATO.