NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte congratulated Donald Trump, who officially became the 47th President of the United States, and stated that the United States should accelerate defence spending and production with the new leader taking office.
Rutte shared a congratulatory message from his X account after Trump took the oath at the ceremony in Congress and officially became the 47th President of the United States. Congratulations to Trump and Vice President JD Vance on their inauguration. Rutte used Trump-style language but repeated his words at Carnegie Europe and said, “With President Trump back in office, we will turbo-charge defence spending & production.”
During his 2024 presidential campaign, Donald Trump promised to increase and modernize defence spending. He also declared that he would adopt policies similar to Ronald Reagan’s “peace through strength” strategy. This strategy aims to deter enemies by creating a strong defence capacity.
Editors Note: What is Carnegie Europe?
Carnegie Europe is the European office of the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace. It is one of the world's oldest foreign and security policy think tanks. Carnegie Europe focuses on European foreign policy. It keeps Turkiye outside of Europe and focuses on topics ranging from Turkiye to the Middle East and the Eastern neighbourhood to security and defence.
