“I am yet to hear from anyone serious inside the U.S. administration, and I stress anyone serious in the U.S. administration, saying that they are somehow withdrawing from NATO,” Stubb said at an event at London School of Economics.
“What President Trump is doing now is correct. He is putting pressure on European states to increase their defence expenditure … and take more responsibility for their own security,” Stubb said.
What would be the benefit of going through with it now rather than when things get serious? Right now the status quo gives them leverage with tariffs.