His first visit to Europe is being made by the new US Defense Minister on Tuesday, Pitt Hegshethstarting from southern Germany, where he visited the administration of the American power for Europe (USEUCOM) and the American power for Africom (Africom). Naturally, everyone was expecting his first statements about President Trump’s claim to Europeans to virtually take over their own defense. Hegschez described the demand for Trump to increase 5% of Germany’s military spending. It is recalled that today is marginally above 2%.

“The European continent is worthy of being protected from any aggression, but they should invest more in this individual and collective defense. This is common sense and this is what the president expresses. The common sense is that you are defending your neighborhood and the Americans will come by your side to help with this defense, “Hegsheth said.

Criticism to Biden for Defense

In the question of some journalists if the United States should also start spending 5% of their GDP on defense, the former commando and then a television presenters found a chance to attack the previous Biden administration: “Well, I think the US should spend more From what the Biden government was willing, which did not invested as much as the potential of our army required. Thus, the president is committed, as in the first term, to rebuild the army of America by investing. And you will see this in the conversations in the Capitol. “

Not US forces in Ukraine

It is, of course, a question to what investments will need, since the US is declaring a tendency to withdraw from Europe. Hegschez was also categorical that his country would not send forces to Ukraine. Today, Wednesday, she will take part in Brussels at the Ukraine contact team meeting, and tomorrow she will find her even closer to her, visiting Poland.

And in the end, instead of investment, he talked about expenses cuts in his own field, a work undertaken by Ilon Musk: “I hope to welcome the pentagon to the Pentagon very soon. And his team, who works with us. There are waste, layoffs and recruitments in the headquarters that need to be addressed. There is no doubt, see many of the climate programs implemented by the Ministry of Defense. The Ministry of Defense, however, should not deal with climate change, regulating the world thermostat. “