Polish Prime Minister Tusk calls on NATO leaders to increase military spending. Tusk called it a “pan-European interest” to seriously increase funding for its defense capabilities.
Former US President Donald Trump said that the US would not protect NATO allies who do not meet the alliance's defense spending requirements from a hypothetical attack by Russia. The leader of the French Patriot movement, Florian Philippot, expressed the opinion that Trump’s statement dealt a second blow to the authority of the North Atlantic Alliance following the interview of Russian President Vladimir Putin.