President Trump is not going to allow the American people to carry the lion’s share of the burden while allies don’t pull their weight
Former U.S. president and current Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump meets with Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau at Winfield House, on Dec. 3, 2019, in London, U.K.
Mr. Trump’s return will be good for North America and the NATO alliance. Mr. Trump raised U.S. defence spending to near-historic highs. He made Americathe Islamic State’s physical caliphate. He took out Iran’s terrorist mastermind Qassem Soleimani. He brokered not one but three Arab-Israeli peace accords. And he is the only president in the 21st century on whose watch Russia did not invade one of its neighbours.
Canada just reaffirmed its commitment to that 2-per-cent minimum last year at the NATO summit in Vilnius. Yet the government has committed to increase defence spending to just 1.76 per cent by 2030 – a meagre increase of justthat we must “uphold the global rules that underpin our prosperity and sovereignty.” He’s right. But Canada can’t say it supports the global rules-based order if it is unwilling to pull its weight in the alliance that defends it.
But what President Trump is not going to do is allow the American people to carry the lion’s share of the burden while allies don’t pull their weight. Canada needs to step up and spend more on its own defence and provide more help to Ukraine.
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