As Politico has learned, NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte is pushing a major initiative aimed at preventing the United States from leaving the bloc. He is proposing to buy even more weapons from American companies.
Points of attention
- The strategic move involves encouraging joint ventures to sign deals with American defense firms and boosting sales of American weapons, with the ultimate goal of making the July summit in Ankara a success.
- The plan not only addresses the shortage of weapons in Europe but also focuses on formulating economic arguments that will appeal to President Trump, potentially reshaping the narrative around US involvement in NATO.
Rutte fears Trump will withdraw the US from NATO
The Alliance Secretary General believes that new defense agreements that will benefit the United States will provide an opportunity to regain US President Donald Trump's favor towards the bloc.
Journalists have received information that the production of defense products will be the main topic of the meeting of NATO foreign ministers in the Swedish city of Helsingborg on May 22.
According to insiders, it is Mark Rutte who is actively developing and promoting a campaign to significantly increase production and the volume of defense contracts.
In this way, the NATO Secretary General is trying to make the July summit of Alliance leaders in Ankara a truly successful one.
Rutte intends not only to solve the problem of the real shortage of weapons in Europe, but also to formulate economic arguments that Donald Trump will like.
According to insiders, the idea is to encourage joint ventures to sign deals with American defense firms and increase sales of American weapons.
Increasing production is also likely to be an important part of the July summit declaration in Ankara.
