{"id":3053,"date":"2026-06-18T11:04:30","date_gmt":"2026-06-18T11:04:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/relocationtimess.com\/?p=3053"},"modified":"2026-06-18T11:04:30","modified_gmt":"2026-06-18T11:04:30","slug":"hegseth-announces-review-of-us-forces-in-europe-and-again-criticizes-nato-allies","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/relocationtimess.com\/?p=3053","title":{"rendered":"Hegseth announces review of US forces in Europe and again criticizes NATO allies"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<div>\n<p>\n            US Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth doubled down on the Trump administration\u2019s combative posture towards NATO on Thursday, announcing a six-month review of US forces in Europe and lambasting Washington\u2019s allies for limiting their involvement in the war in Iran.\n    <\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/relocationtimess.com\/?p=3051\">What the heat in 3 World Cup host cities means for fans<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\n            \u201cThis will be a real review. It will be designed to ensure that NATO is moving fast and irreversibly towards Europe stepping up to take primary responsibility for the defense of Europe,\u201d he said at a meeting of the alliance\u2019s defense ministers in Brussels.\n    <\/p>\n<p>\n            The review will \u201cexamine America\u2019s force posture and basing in Europe,\u201d he said, as he sought to characterize it as a way to \u201ctransform NATO back into a real military alliance that\u2019s focused on hard power and real deterrence.\u201d\n    <\/p>\n<p>\n            \u201cIt\u2019s a review that some countries will fail and others will pass with flying colours,\u201d he said.\n    <\/p>\n<p>\n            His comments come at a critical time for Europe, which has been rattled by statements from Trump administration officials about plans to draw down the amount of US forces and hardware stationed in Europe.\n    <\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/relocationtimess.com\/?p=3035\">Americans view Obama far more positively than Trump or Biden, CNN poll finds<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\n            On Wednesday, NATO Secretary-General Mark Rutte confirmed the US had reduced its contributions to the alliance\u2019s force model \u2013 the framework by which the organization organizes its joint forces and war plans \u2013 but sought to downplay that impact.\n    <\/p>\n<p>\n            \u201cWe have looked at the division of labor in the context of conventional forces and we see that European allies and Canada are ready, willing and able to do more. Based on this, the United States has adjusted its pledges to the NATO force model,\u201d he said, insisting that the US, with its nuclear umbrella, remained \u201ccommitted\u201d to the alliance.\n    <\/p>\n<p>\n            Hegseth, President Donald Trump and other US administration officials have frequently railed against NATO, accusing Washington\u2019s European allies of freeloading off US military spending.\n    <\/p>\n<p>\n            In response, European countries have dramatically increased their own military spending, pledging last year to spend 5% of their gross domestic product on defense by 2035, more than double the previous 2% target.\n    <\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/relocationtimess.com\/?p=3031\">Barack Obama confronts the work that remains for Democrats \u2014 and for him<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>US Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth doubled down on the Trump administration\u2019s combative posture towards NATO on Thursday, announcing a six-month review of US forces in Europe and lambasting Washington\u2019s allies for limiting their involvement in the war in Iran.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":3052,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3053","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-politics"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.6 - 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