"This October, Secretary of War Pete Hegseth dominated the NATO ministerial meeting in Brussels, while pressuring Europeans to assume an even heavier share of the defense burden. Referring to his peers as "ministers of war," Hegseth demanded that member states purchase additional U.S. arms for Ukraine. "All countries need to translate goals into guns," he hammered home. "That's all that matters: hard power.""
"Hegseth's strongarm tactics and fundraising drive showcase the power dynamics that underlie NATO policymaking. In recent years, the organization has portrayed itself as an alliance of democracies confronting unprovoked aggression in Ukraine and China's meteoric rise. Yet fundamentally, NATO is a U.S.-dominated forum, rather than a symposium of equals - a reality that Rutte's relentlessly patient handling of the Trump administration makes clear."
Pete Hegseth dominated a NATO ministerial in Brussels, pressuring European members to shoulder more defense spending and to purchase additional U.S. arms for Ukraine. He referred to peers as "ministers of war," insisting that "all countries need to translate goals into guns" and emphasizing "hard power." NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte is campaigning to secure arms purchase commitments and called the alliance "proud" of assistance to Ukraine, noting Russia has "lost 1 million people - dead or seriously wounded." NATO operates as a U.S.-dominated forum that has long been used to solidify American leadership, coordinate interventionism, contain rivals, and has contributed to global instability by fueling armed conflicts.
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