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The United States plans to slash the fig of combatant jets and warships it provides to NATO successful Europe, the New York Times reported connected Thursday (June 12, 2026).
The reported cutbacks travel arsenic European nations contention to bolster their defence capacities since Russia's full-scale penetration of Ukraine successful 2022 sparked fears that Moscow could onslaught a NATO country.
U.S. President Donald Trump has called the confederation a "paper tiger" and its members "cowards" successful vexation that they person not joined the U.S.-Israeli warfare against Iran.
Washington plans to trim the fig of combatant jets it supplies to Europe by 1 third, chopped each 8 aerial refuelling tankers and trim maritime reconnaissance aircraft, the New York Times reported, citing 2 unidentified elder European officials.
Other assets to beryllium reallocated see a missile-launching submarine, an craft carrier, a radical of bomber craft and respective jets and warships.
AFP has contacted the Pentagon for comment.
The U.S. European Command said this period that it would reassess Washington's contributions to NATO to "ensure Europe takes superior work for its ain accepted defence."
U.S. General Alexus Grynkewich accused Europe of "an unhealthy co-dependence" connected U.S. forces. The 32-member NATO bloc was founded successful 1949 and its corporate information is based connected the rule that if 1 subordinate is attacked, the full confederation comes to its defence.
U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio said past week that Mr. Trump volition be a NATO acme successful Turkey successful July. Rubio described it arsenic "probably the astir important gathering successful NATO's history, due to the fact that determination are immoderate things that request to beryllium cleared up and fixed."
