At The Hague summit in 2025, the allies agreed to Trump's request to raise defense spending to 5% of GDP — only to face further demands and threats over the coming months.
Few deny that the U.S.-European relationship has irreversibly changed.
Alongside an allied pledge of $80 billion in defense aid for 2026, President Volodymyr Zelensky has also secured an apparent green light from U.S. President Donald Trump to produce Patriot missiles, sorely needed amid increasingly deadly Russian attacks.
This year's summit saw Zelensky conclude new Drone Deals with three NATO members — Denmark, Estonia, and the Netherlands.
Even Trump, who once scoffed at Kyiv's offers of unmanned technology, turned around and said Washington would also purchase Ukrainian drones.
While Trump later expressed confidence that Ukraine could produce the missiles quickly, he also said he had not coordinated with the manufacturer, Lockheed Martin, ahead of the announcement." KI
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