‘A Very Heavy Price’: Former US Ambassador Warns Trump Is Shaking NATO’s Core Trust | Douglas Lute

“Yes, we've gotten European allies to step forward, but I think the price has been paid in terms of the confidence and trust in the United States, and that's a very heavy price to pay.” The Trump administration has placed intense pressure on Europe to handle its own conventional defence and Europe must step up its spending, says former US ambassador to NATO under President Obama, Douglas Lute. Douglas Lute was speaking to Kait Borsay on The Evening Edition on Times Radio. Listen live every Monday to Thursday, 7–10pm. Read the best of our journalism: https://www.thetimes.com/ Listen live to Times Radio: https://www.thetimes.com/radio/live Subscribe to The Times and The Sunday Times YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/subscription_... Find us on Facebook:   / timesandsundaytimes   Find us on X: https://x.com/thetimes Find us on Instagram:   / thetimes