Friedrich Merz, Germany’s chancellor in waiting, wasted no time to start his full-court press to come up with new funding for Berlin to beef up its military and wants to rush the approval before the new government can challenge him.
Category: TRENDS IN GEOPOLITICS – Mar 4 2025
U.K., EUROPE AIMS TO INCREASE MILITARY SPENDING AS TRUMP LOOKS TO END WAR IN UKRAINE
U.K. Prime Minister Keir Starmer announced last week that London will increase its defense spending by 0.2 percent to 2.5 percent of its GDP, or about $17 billion, citing what he sees as the growing threat from Russia.
IS TRUMP TRYING TO OVERTHROW MADURO GOVERNMENT AGAIN?
U.S. President Donald Trump picked up where he left off during his last administration and has made regime change in Venezuela one of his top priorities, announcing that he will end economy-saving oil concessions made by the Biden White House for the Nicolás Maduro government.
TRUMP CLASHES WITH ZELENSKY INSIDE OVAL OFFICE, TELLS UKRAINIAN HE HAS ‘NO CARDS’
President Donald Trump and Volodymyr Zelensky had a tense meeting inside the Oval Office Friday that resulted in the Ukrainian leader leaving the White House earlier than expected.