By Molly Goddard
2:33am PDT, Apr 25, 2025
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National Security Adviser
Mike Waltz is calling out Europe's lack of defense spending.
During a Tuesday, April 22, interview with
Real America's Voice, the member of
Donald Trump's administration demanded the region "step up" their arms funding ahead of vital Ukraine-Russia peace talks in the United Kingdom.
Keep reading to learn what Waltz said about the issue…
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During the appearance, Mike Waltz claimed Donald Trump is laying down the law with
Europe by making it clear they need to supply their own defense.
"President Trump is saying 'no.' You need make-up money, so to speak. You need to all be at 5%," Waltz said.
According to the
New York Post, Trump requested NATO partners up their weapons budget during his first term as European countries were not even achieving 2% defense spending levels.
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Mike Waltz then went after Canada for allegedly failing to meet the 4% defense spending level they previously promised Donald Trump they would achieve.
"He is going to continue to demand 5% of their GDP heading into a big
NATO summit this year," Waltz said. "And that's when you look at countries like Canada who a decade ago committed to do the minimum 2% [and] still isn't there and is saying a decade from now it'll be at the minimum."
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On Wednesday, April 23, leaders from all over the world gathered in London to discuss the U.S. proposed peace plan to try to cool down the war between Ukraine and Russia.
However, secretary of state
Marco Rubio decided not to attend the diplomatic meeting. Ukraine liaison and retired general
Keith Kellogg went to represent America during the talks.
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On Wednesday, April 23, Donald Trump slammed Ukrainian President
Volodymyr Zelensky for allegedly making it "so difficult to settle this war" after he issued a statement opposing terms of the Republican's "final offer" peace plan. Trump even brought former U.S. commander-in-chief
Barack Obama into the argument.
"This statement is very harmful to the Peace Negotiations with Russia in that Crimea was lost years ago under the auspices of President Barack Hussein Obama and is not even a point of discussion," he wrote on Truth Social. "Nobody is asking Zelenskyy to recognize Crimea as Russian territory but, if he wants Crimea, why didn't they fight for it eleven years ago when it was handed over to Russia without a shot being fired?"
