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From Fox News: President Donald Trump delivered a resounding endorsement of NATO this week, marking a sharp turnaround in his years-long, often contentious relationship with the alliance.
Once known for blasting allies over defense spending and even threatening to pull out of NATO altogether, Trump now appears to have had a change of heart.
“I left here differently. I left here saying that these people really love their countries,” Trump said after the 2025 NATO summit in The Hague.
NATO nations doubled their collective defense spending target to 5% of GDP. Trump, after years of friction, embraced the alliance at the summit, praising European allies for their patriotism.
After years of friction, high-profile clashes, and controversial comments, Trump’s participation at this year’s summit marks a marked change.
The Fox News report notes that Trump was welcomed by Dutch royals, praised by the NATO secretary-general, and returned home lauding European allies for their patriotism. He emphasized that the alliance is not a rip-off and that the U.S. is here to help them, a dramatic and unexpected change in relationships and tone.
One big factor appears to be the U.S. strikes on Iran’s nuclear program that, according to multiple official sources, appears to have set Tehran’s nuclear ambitions back by several years.
The move was seen as a show of strength that puts adversaries like Russia and China on notice.
“He really came in from this power move,” said Giedrimas Jeglinskas, a former NATO official and current chairman of Lithuania’s national security committee.
“Among some, definitely Eastern Europe, Central Europe, Nordic Europe, this attack, the use of those really sophisticated weapons and bombers, was the rebuilding of the deterrence narrative of the West, not just of America.”
“He’s the man of the hour and the most important man in the world,” Jeglinskas added.
NATO is stronger now than it has been in years. Experts credit the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine and along with Trump’s focus on making allies pay their fair share.
“President Trump is riding high this week with two major foreign policy victories,” said Matthew Kroenig, vice president at the Atlantic Council’s Scowcroft Center, xaid. “It’s terrific. I hope he can keep it up.”
Kroenig said U.S. presidents “since Eisenhower” have wanted NATO allies to boost defense spending, and Trump was the person to finally get it done.
President Trump did what no Democrat or Republican before him could: he brokered peace between Iran and Israel.
Peace is ALWAYS a win.
I applaud the President’s efforts, so have NATO allies, and even many Democrats. pic.twitter.com/lbc7yL2Lcx
— Rep. Anna Paulina Luna (@RepLuna) June 25, 2025
BREAKING: Trump secures historic NATO deal—allies to increase spend to 5% of GDP on defense, easing the burden on the U.S.
It’s a massive win for America.
At the NATO Summit in The Hague, President Trump made it official:
“In a very historic milestone this week, the NATO… pic.twitter.com/sjhd8HyYYC
— The Vigilant Fox 🦊 (@VigilantFox) June 25, 2025
🚨ALERT: Huge win for the United States comes following the NATO meeting.
Other countries will now contribute 5% toward NATO!
The United States will no longer fund the security of the entire world. President Trump is putting America FIRST! pic.twitter.com/AyUNjbf1F1
— Rep. Wesley Hunt Press Office (@RepWPH) June 26, 2025
‘Hugely successful’: Trump triumphs at NATO summit, winning over allies after years of resistance https://t.co/eOZD1CkWqT pic.twitter.com/x02B1vDjhe
— TheBlaze (@theblaze) June 25, 2025
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