Lammy declares ‘Trump is right’ on defence spending as he warns post-Cold War peace is over
David Lammy has declared that the hard-won “post-Cold War peace is well and truly over” as he used his first major speech of 2025 to take aim at Vladimir Putin and Russian aggression.
The foreign secretary threw his weight behind demands by Donald Trump that Nato allies significantly increase their spending on defence, while laughing off the president-elect’s expansionist plans for Greenland and Canada.
Mr Trump demanded earlier this week that Nato allies commit 5 per cent of GDP to defence spending. While Mr Lammy did not back that figure, he warned that “some allies are lagging behind”, and added: “We must put our money where our mouth is.”
Lammy declares ‘Trump is right’ on defence spending as he warns post-Cold War peace is over
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/putin-david-lammy-cold-war-speech-b2676486.html
