Blog posts represent the views of CFR fellows and staff and not those of CFR, which takes no institutional positions. Three years ago, Washington was busy marshaling an alliance of the world’s ...

“Make no mistake, President Trump will not allow anyone to turn Uncle Sam into ‘Uncle Sucker’,” Hegseth told a press conference at Nato headquarters in Brussels. Europe should be primarily ...

Eisenhower’s words that Europeans not sufficiently paying for their own defense made “a sucker out of Uncle Sam.” REUTERS On Thursday, Hegseth invoked President Dwight D. Eisenhower’s 1959 ...

Nobody bargains with Uncle Sam Zelensky had objected to what he described as selling his state. He had come around to accepting some kind of a fund, into which the returns from developing the ...

"Make no mistake, President Trump will not allow anyone to turn Uncle Sam into 'Uncle Sucker,'" Hegseth told a press conference at NATO headquarters in Brussels. Europe should be primarily ...

“Thank you, Uncle Sam. Someday your nieces and nephews at Berkshire hope to send you even larger payments than we did in 2024. Spend it wisely. Take care of the many who, for no fault of their ...

Could it be actually happening? That is my question — and hope — for the flurry of comments and proposals emanating in recent days from President Trump’s new administration on the subject of the ...

This week, Moscow got what it wanted. A Trump-Putin call ended with talk of visits and no NATO future for Ukraine. As Vladimir Putin steps back in, Volodymyr Zelensky risks being shut out and the ...

Europe Can't Turn Uncle Sam Into 'Uncle Sucker,' US Defense Secretary Says By Andrew Gray, Lili Bayer, Phil Stewart and Idrees Ali BRUSSELS (Reuters) -U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth rejected ...

President Trump will not allow anyone to turn Uncle Sam into ‘Uncle Sucker’.” Also Read: Trump speaks to Putin, says negotiations to end Ukraine war start 'immediately' He also called for ...

“This administration believes deeply in alliances, but make no mistake, President Trump will not allow anyone to turn Uncle Sam into Uncle Sucker,” Hegseth said. Trump has long argued that the ...

Make no mistake, President Trump will not allow anyone to turn Uncle Sam into "Uncle Sucker,"' the new Pentagon chief said. He reiterated a point Trump has often made - that European allies need ...