"American patience is about to end"

"It is increasingly difficult – the chancellor writes the tycoon – to justify to the Americans why some countries do not share the weight of NATO security while American soldiers continue to sacrifice their lives to the United States. the alien or seriously hurt back. "A pbadage – points out the Nyt – that could foreshadow a repositioning of the US military presence in the world if the Allies do not spend more for their security. Among the letters sent by the White House also to Canadian President Justin Trudeau and the Prime Ministers of Belgium and Norway. The basic theme is the one Trump has pursued since the election campaign started in 2015: many allies do not respect the provisions of the 2014 NATO summit in Wales, which is 2% of national defense GDP . The result is that the weight of security – repeatedly denounced the US president – in the end falls almost entirely on the shoulders of the United States. Thus, the NATO summit in Brussels risks exacerbating the unprecedented conflict with US historic allies during the recent Canadian G7, when Trump ordered to withdraw the US signature from the final communiqué following the disagreements on tariffs. A fracture that seems more and more profound and that, at this stage, could favor Vladimir Putin, who points to divisions on the Western Front in order to put an end to the sanctions against Moscow.