{"id":1416111,"date":"2026-07-28T14:20:00","date_gmt":"2026-07-28T11:20:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/uatv.ua\/?p=1416111"},"modified":"2026-07-27T11:07:11","modified_gmt":"2026-07-27T08:07:11","slug":"uk-defense-minister-europe-will-yet-thank-trump-for-forcing-it-to-stand-on-its-own-feet","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/uatv.ua\/en\/uk-defense-minister-europe-will-yet-thank-trump-for-forcing-it-to-stand-on-its-own-feet\/","title":{"rendered":"UK Defense Minister: Europe Will Yet Thank Trump for Forcing It to &#8220;Stand on Its Own Feet&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":" <p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Britain&#8217;s new Defense Secretary Wes Streeting is convinced that Europe will yet thank US President Donald Trump for forcing it to &#8220;stand on its own feet&#8221; when it comes to defense spending.<\/p>\n   <p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">He said this on <a href=\"http:\/\/news.sky.com\/story\/politics-latest-andy-burnham-keir-starmer-labour-12593360#12130347\">Sky News<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/uatv.ua\/en\/\">UATV English<\/a> reports.<\/p>\n    <blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&#8220;One of the things I&#8217;d say about President Trump is that we don&#8217;t always like what he says. We don&#8217;t always like his methods [of working \u2014 ed.]. But I honestly believe that&#8230; Europe will yet thank President Trump for shaking us out of our complacency, for making us &#8216;stand on our own feet,&#8217; and for putting an end to a period of excessive dependence on the United States in the field of defense,&#8221; Streeting noted.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n   <p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">According to him, what the head of the White House said about Europe isn&#8217;t unique to President Trump himself, the MAGA movement, or the US Republican Party.<\/p>\n    <blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&#8220;This was a long-standing US frustration with Europe under both Democratic and Republican presidents. 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