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Global Defense Spending Under Pressure Amid Trump’s NATO Stance

Countries including Australia, Japan, and EU nations are facing increasing pressure to boost their defense budgets following calls from the Trump administration and concerns over global security. Australia is defending its military spending levels despite U.S. demands for an increase, while Japan asserts its sovereignty over budget decisions. Meanwhile, EU leaders are considering a major defense funding surge, potentially borrowing up to 150 billion euros to strengthen military capabilities. The debate comes as Trump signals a reduced U.S. commitment to NATO, prompting European nations to rethink their defense strategies. The shift could mark a turning point in global military funding and alliances.

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 @PunditTomatoeProgressive from New York  commented…2mos2MO

Instead of pouring billions more into the military, these countries should be investing in diplomacy, climate action, and social programs that actually improve people's lives. Trump's reckless approach to NATO is just another example of how his policies make the world less stable, not more secure.

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Defence spend a long-term turning point for budget

https://theaustralian.com.au

The call by Elbridge Colby, Donald Trump’s nominee for under secretary of defence for policy, for a big lift in Australian defence spending from 2 per cent of GDP to at least 3 per cent was no surprise.

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Albanese rebuffs Trump over call to lift to defence spending

https://afr.com

While Labor comes under fire over military readiness, figures show defence spending as a share of the federal budget is at highest in almost a decade.

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Prime Minister defends nation's military budget after blowback from Trump Administration

https://sbs.com.au

Australia's ambassador in Washington will hold talks with the US Commerce Secretary in the hopes an exemption on steel and aluminium tariffs can be secured. But there is also new pressure coming from the Trump Administration.

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Biden's Trash Talk: President Calls Trump Supporters "Garbage" Over Racial Jokes

President Biden sparked backlash on Tuesday when he appeared to compare supporters of former President Trump to garbage after commenting on a racist joke a comedian made at a Trump rally days earlier likening Puerto Rico to an “island of garbage.”The White House in a statement argued that the president was referring to the rhetoric at Trump’s Madison Square Garden rally on Sunday as “garbage.”“The President referred to the hateful rhetoric at the Madison Square Garden rally as ‘garbage,’” deputy press secretary Andrew Bates said in a statement.It also provided a fuller transcript of the comment, which included an apostrophe with “supporter’s,” to indicate Biden was referring to comedian Tony Hinchcliffe’s “demonization of Latinos” as “garbage.”Hinchcliffe delivered a comedic set at a Madison Square Garden rally for Trump on Sunday in New York City that mocked Latinos, Jews and Black men and included a joke comparing Puerto Rico to a “floating island of garbage.”And just the other day, a speaker at his rally called Puerto Rico a ‘floating island of garbage.’ Well, let me tell you something. I don’t — I — I don’t know the Puerto Rican that — that I know — or a Puerto Rico, where I’m from, in my home state of Delaware, they’re good, decent, honorable people. “The only garbage I see floating out there is his supporter’s — his — his demonization of Latinos is unconscionable, and it’s un-American. It’s totally contrary to everything we’ve done, everything we’ve been,” Biden said, according to the transcript provided by the White House.In a post on X, Biden himself asserted he was referring to the rhetoric from Hinchcliffe.

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