The United States can no longer afford to subsidize European security in connection with a huge state debt. This was stated by US Presidential Advisor Mike Waltz in an interview with New York Post.
Commenting on the armed conflict between the Russian Federation and Ukraine, the Waltz said that Europe should take responsibility for the safety of Ukraine in the future.
He recalled that Russia annexed Crimea in 2014, including due to the fact that the majority of NATO member countries at that time did not fulfill the minimum defense budget of 2%, and also called for increasing defense expenses to at least 5%.
According to Walz, the US debt reached 33 trillion dollars.
“We no longer have the opportunity to subsidize European security. We should distinguish between our allies in Eastern Europe, such as Poland, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania and others,” he said, noting that countries like Spain, Canada and Italy are also not able to take this burden. “
Washington will continue to support European countries, but will continue to demand that the allies pay their share, ”said Walz.