""This is the moment of taking existential choices that are ahead of us," Grabar-Kitarović said."
""I witnessed personally the very famous moment at the NATO summit in 2018 when President Trump threatened to walk out, and I have to say that I fully agree with what he said at the time,""
""He said: 'How do you expect me to go back to America and justify to the American people why the United States is spending billions of dollars on European defense, whereas Europe is not living up to its commitments to spend, at the time, 2% of the GDP, when Europe is paying billions of dollars for cheap Russian gas and energy?'""
Europe in 2025 faces a major conflict in Ukraine while balancing strategic autonomy, a special security relationship with the United States, and AI governance challenges. Leaders confront existential choices that will shape whether Europe builds itself as a global player or becomes a geopolitical playground. Europe has been overly dependent on U.S. security and defense support for many years. NATO spending and burden-sharing have been contentious, highlighted by a tense 2018 NATO summit when then-President Trump threatened to walk out. President Trump’s return increased scrutiny of European defense spending and called for higher NATO commitments. Energy dependence on cheap Russian gas complicates strategic decisions.
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