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NATO summit news

Margery

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https://www.reuters.com/business/ae...to-rutte-says-before-hague-summit-2025-06-24/ from Reuters


My Cliff Notes version of both articles

Both are within the last hour and include Trump's point of view and the member's response. The member countries of NATO are attempting to hit Trump's new target of 5% up from 2% and are ready to congratulate Trump on the peace deal regardless of it's ultimate success.

Other signs that point to appeasing Trump include less emphasis on Ukraine assistance however Zelensky will be there, and it's expected that the two will meet.

Russia is not happy with this summit or with Iran's recent defeat and subsequent cease fire (which may or may not hold, but it's giving Israel some breathing room).

The EU is worried that the US will turn it's attention to the Pacific to counter China leaving the EU partners of NATO scrambling to improve their defence against Russia.

My take:

The other major problem is the Tariffs. That is another cost that Trump has suddenly asked his allies to absorb. While still requiring a lot out of national budgets to increase spending on NATO. Regardless of whether it's "fair" or not, it's a lot of spending that is required in national budgets still coping with massive COVID debts.

Change is never easy, and sudden changes sometimes have sudden reactions. Increased instability in the economic and political spheres at a time when risks of war are increasing.

Here are some quotes:
Reuters:
"Trump is expected to meet Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelenskiy for talks during the summit. Zelenskiy has said he wants to discuss substantial purchases of weaponry including Patriot missile defence systems as well as sanctions and other ways to put pressure on Putin."

And Russia weighs in with some criticism and if you click on the Reuters article it has a VERY good chart showing who is spending what, and where the goals are:

"RUSSIA CRITICISES NATO'S SPENDING BOOST

The Kremlin accused NATO of being on a path of rampant militarisation and portraying Russia as a "fiend of hell" in order to justify its big increase in defence spending.

Russia has cited its neighbour's desire to join the U.S.-led transatlantic defence pact as one of the reasons why it invaded Ukraine in 2022."





AP:
"...there are still a lot of worries in Europe that maybe the United States will pull out of NATO, maybe the United States won’t honor Article 5,” said Matthew Kroenig, vice president and senior director of the Atlantic Council’s Scowcroft Center for Strategy and Security and a former Pentagon official. “I think there is a real fear among Europeans that we need to deliver for Trump in order to keep the United States engaged in NATO.”

Kroenig added: “Like it or not, I do think Trump’s tougher style does get more results.”

European allies have taken note of potential signs of a broader U.S. retreat. France and other NATO countries have been concerned that the Trump administration is considering reducing troop levels in Europe and shifting them over to the Indo-Pacific, which Cabinet officials have signaled is a higher priority.

Still, Secretary of State Marco Rubio and U.S. Ambassador to NATO Matt Whitaker have underscored the U.S.’ commitment and have said the Trump administration is only seeking a stronger alliance
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How this matters from a prophetic perspective:

This just shows Europe's concern with Russia. They are NOT ready to deal with Russia on their own without the US as a key NATO ally. They are struggling with serious catch up time that they need to be up and running ready to defend themselves without American help. I estimate a few years!

This also might answer why Ezek 38 shows the Russian alliance invading Israel while Europe says and does nothing, leaving it up to Tarshish and her cubs plus Sheba and Dedan to simply ask if Russia is going in for spoils. That's another reason I see Ezek 38 happening after the Rapture. I couldn't see the US in particular not defending Israel unless the Rapture removed all the voters who care about Israel!

According to Ezek 38 at some point in the future Israel settles the hash of her nearby enemies, and settles in peace on the mountains of Israel (aka the West Bank) without worries- without bars or gates. What Israel does best when she isn't forced to spend on defence is make money and use her natural resources. This current war might or might not be that very thing that allows Israel to settle in her own land in peace.

AND Russia Iran and Turkey (along with north and east Africa) are hungry and poor especially after this current war, and they see Israel as a lush target

AND Britain, USA, Australia, NZ and Canada are severely weakened by the Rapture (for various reasons I think Tarshish and her young lions is Britain, and her daughter democracies, that form the 5 Eyes: USA, Britain, Australia, New Zealand and Canada) then Israel is a ripe target.

This ties nicely into the Abe Accords if Saudi joins them and possibly Yemen in the aftermath of this current war. The AA seems to be at the present time, a framework to make money and invest in each other's countries. A good solid trade partnership between Israel and the other AA members.
 
If the US bowed out the alliance would be like a ship without a Captain. The US has been in the driver's seat since the getgo, which is a good thing for Europe.
It almost feels or looks like the USA is acting in a shepherd role for Europe and for Israel to get them thru to the End Times, when the USA fades out of sight for the End Times events.
 
It almost feels or looks like the USA is acting in a shepherd role for Europe and for Israel to get them thru to the End Times, when the USA fades out of sight for the End Times events.
Quite a remarkable and in some ways lovely thought. Where amidst all her flaws, the shepherd more so than the pushy big brother contains a unique sense of healing in a way the spirit of America (even though in many ways could be seen as a modern Babylon of sorts) seems to come through in the last days. Wow...
 
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