French President Emmanuel Macron has positioned Paris as a vocal champion of European sovereignty.

French President Emmanuel Macron has positioned Paris as a vocal champion of European sovereignty. Trump has persistently maintained that the US bears an unfair burden in NATO, providing security. The flashpoint has been Trump's aggressive push to acquire Greenland, a Danish territory and NATO ally's asset citing US national security and Arctic interests. In 2025, Trump secured a major NATO summit agreement in the Hague, where allies committed to increase defence spending from 2 % to 5% of GDP annually by 2035. NATO Secretary-General Mark Rutte warned Europe can not defend itself without US. The statement by NATO chief supported the Trump's rhetoric of US being ultimate security provider to Europe.