NATO’s Rutte rejects Europe breakaway from US on defense

“I am absolutely convinced that the United States stands fully behind NATO,” Rutte told the German Press Agency.

Rutte said Europe must take on greater responsibility for its own security, including higher defense spending, but he stressed that this should happen with the United States rather than outside the transatlantic framework. | Wotjek Radwanski/AFP via

December 27, 2025 10:05 am CET  By Chris Lunday

NATO Secretary-General Mark Rutte has pushed back against calls for Europe to break away militarily from the United States, arguing that Washington remains a dependable security partner despite growing doubts inside the EU.

“I am absolutely convinced that the United States stands fully behind NATO. There is no doubt about that,” Rutte told the German Press Agency (dpa) Friday, rejecting the need for Europe to pursue full defense independence from the U.S.

Rutte said Europe must take on greater responsibility for its own security, including higher defense spending, but he stressed that this should happen with the United States rather than outside the transatlantic framework. The U.S., he said, would remain militarily engaged in Europe and committed to the alliance.

Rutte’s remarks were a direct response to recent comments by Manfred Weber, the leader of the European People’s Party, who questioned whether Europe can continue to rely on Washington amid political uncertainty in the U.S. In an interview with Funke Media Group, Weber argued that Europe must be prepared to act more autonomously.

“We cannot seriously expect Trump to secure a peace solution on his own with American GIs,” Weber said, calling for European soldiers to operate under a European flag as part of future security arrangements in Ukraine.

The exchange comes amid a broader debate in Europe over strategic autonomy as the EU ramps up defense spending and prepares for a more volatile geopolitical environment. While many leaders agree that Europe must do more militarily, Rutte has warned against framing the effort as a decoupling from NATO.

He has noted that most of the defense alliance’s economic and military power still lies outside the EU, above all in the United States, making transatlantic cooperation indispensable.

Something everyone said would never happen will happen, Europe and America will separate from NATO and this is based on Bible Prophecy.  But its surprising how fast things are changing and few if any would have seen this coming.

What is also interesting is the EU is saying they need to Re-Arm and President Emmanual Macron says that the EU needs hundreds of billions in defense spending.

President Macron is also on record saying he wants to bring Russia back to the negotiating table and begin dialogue on some form of a Security Pact with Russia, NATO’s existence in its current form will be an issue even more so now.

The Bible has long revealed that Russia and an EU Army will enter into a final conflict with Israel and the Middle East.  Germany is the key country in what Bible Prophecy refers to as the land of “Magog”. They are spoken of militarily as the “King of the North”.  Together the Bible says that Russia and the EU will invade the Middle East in the Last Days.  So Bible Students expect to see Germany and France taking a greater role in leading Europe.  It is also interesting to see Germany taking greater control of a continent they tried to take by war and failed.

Yet again we see in Todays News Headlines words that show how the Nations are fulfilling the latter day alignment of Nations as Prophesied by the Bible. 

See this article to learn more about this and the latter day prophecies of the Bible.

See this article for more on this subject: WHAT IS NEXT FOR EUROPE