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Pentagon: Era of US funding Europe's defense is coming to an end

10 November 2026 00:38 (UTC +04:00)

The United States is ending the era of providing financial support for Europe's defense and is demanding a fairer distribution of defense spending among its allies, US Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth said during a speech at the Naval War College in Newport, Rhode Island, APA reports.

According to him, under President Donald Trump's "America First" foreign policy concept and the 2026 National Defense Strategy, Washington has reassessed the approaches that have shaped US state policy over the past 80 years.

"For example, we are reassessing our relations with Europe, ending the era of subsidizing defense, and demanding genuine burden-sharing from our allies," Hegseth emphasized.

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