The Trump administration plans to significantly reduce the number of U.S. fighter jets, warships, and submarines reserved for NATO’s common defense, according to a classified briefing held last week in Brussels. The announcement was made by Pentagon adviser Alexander Velez-Green in a closed-door meeting of NATO policy directors, blindsiding senior alliance officials, according to two alliance diplomats cited by Politico Europe [2]. The move represents one of the most substantial shifts in U.S. force posture in Europe since the end of the Cold War, according to analysts.
The cuts affect the NATO Force Model, the framework established in 2022 after Russia’s invasion of Ukraine to outline each member state’s contributions in a crisis. Under the new plan, the U.S. will slash its fighter jet commitment by a third, withdraw destroyers from the alliance’s pooling arrangement, and pull its submarines entirely, according to reports from Der Spiegel and Reuters cited by the Daily Mail [1]. Velez-Green told officials that Washington will cooperate closely only with allies that move quickly to fill the gaps left by the reduction, a message some interpreted as an indirect threat, according to reports.
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