On Thursday, the President of the United States Donald Trump in an online speech to the participants of the World Economic Forum spoke, among others, about the need to end the war in Ukraine. He also announced that he would formally ask all NATO countries to increase defense expenditure to 5 percent of GDP.
President USA Donald Trump On Thursday, he joined online with the participants of the World Economic Forum in Davos and announced to turn to the members NATO to increase defense expenditure.
Trump: We protect them, they don't protect us
– We restore peace and stability also abroad. I intend to ask all NATO countries to increase defense expenditure to 5 percent of GDP, which should have happened years ago. It was only 2 percent and most of the countries did not pay until I appeared – said Trump collected in Davos.
The US president later answered journalists' questions in the oval office during the signing ceremony of a number of ordinances. One of them concerned whether the US also intends to increase defense expenditure to 5 percent. GDP. – We protect them, they don't protect us. So I don't think so, I'm not sure that we should spend anything, but we should certainly help them. But they should increase their 2 percent. up to 5 percent he replied.
Trump about the war in Ukraine
Trump, earlier connecting online with the peak in Davos, also said that his efforts to end War in Ukrainethey are ongoing. – It is so important to do this, because it is an absolute field of death, millions of soldiers die. Nobody has seen anything like this since World War II. There are dead in the fields, (…) There are millions of Russians and millions of Ukrainians – he said. He added that “it's time to finish”.
– I hope China They will help us stop the war (…) Russia and Ukraine. They have a great influence on this situation – admitted Trump, answering the question about relationships with Beijing.
The US President emphasized that he hopes to talk to Putin as soon as possible and informed that just before the end of his previous term (2017-21) he intended to conclude a system limiting nuclear reinforcement with him.
– We talked (with Putin – ed.) About the denuclearization of our two countries, and China would join this. China now has a much smaller nuclear arsenal than us, they will quickly catch up with us at some point in the next four or five years – said Trump.
Trump about a truce in the Gaza Strip: he wouldn't have been at all if it wasn't for us
– Before I took office, my team negotiated a truce in the Middle East, which would not have been possible if it wasn't for us. Most people in this room are aware of this – said the US president. He added that “at the beginning of the week they began to return home hostages (kidnapped by Hamas – ed.)”. “They are coming back, this is a beautiful view,” he said.
Agreement between Hamas and Israel It entered into force on January 19 after many months of conversations, in which the mediator were, among others Representatives of the future Trump administration at that time. The parties decided to suspend the weapons. Hamas has committed to releasing 33 hostages in the first stage of the truce, and Israel is to slow down several hundred Palestinian prisoners.
The war between Israel and Hamas began in October 2023 with the attack of this organization and the coalition of armed terrorist groups on Israel. Over 1.2 thousand died in attacks. people, and 251 were abducted to the Gaza Strip. In response to these events, Israel began a large -scale military operation in the Gaza Strip. According to the Palestinian authorities, over 46,000 people were killed and over 100,000 were injured.
Source of the main photo: Laurent Gillieron/PAP/EPA