The United States wants Europe to take over the majority of NATO's conventional defense capabilities, from intelligence to missiles, by 2027, Pentagon officials told diplomats in Washington this week,

White House warns Europe faces demographic crisis from mass immigration that could weaken NATO alliances and leave continent 'unrecognizable in 20 years.'

"Five sources familiar with the discussion" reportedly say the message was giving this week in D.C., and if Europe can't make 2027 deadline, U.S. may withdraw from some NATO defense coordination mechanisms.

Pentagon officials told NATO allies in Europe that they must assume responsibility for the majority of the alliance's nonnuclear defense capabilities from the U.S. by 2027, according to a Reuters report that cited five sources familiar with the discussion.

A new White House policy document formalizes President Trump’s long-held contempt for Europe’s leaders. It made clear that the continent now stands at a strategic crossroads.

The Trump administration has given European NATO members until 2027 to take on the majority of the alliance’s conventional defense responsibilities, sources told Reuters this week, or face diminished U.

The US has given Europe until 2027 to take over the decisive bulk of NATO’s conventional defense capabilities, ranging from intelligence to missiles, Reuters reported on Friday, citing people it didn’t name.

The United States has asked Europe to take over most of Nato’s conventional defence capabilities — including intelligence and missile systems — by 2027, Reuters reported, citing Pentagon officials who briefed diplomats in Washington this week.

The U.S.'s policy in Europe should "correct" the "current trajectory" of European nations, according to the National Security Strategy published on Dec. 4, which takes an unusually critical tone toward Washington's transatlantic allies.

The message, recounted by five sources familiar with the discussion, including a U.S. official, was conveyed at a meeting in Washington this week.

As the war in Ukraine drags on and wrangling continues over a US-backed “peace plan,” the North Atlantic Treaty Organisation (NATO) foreign ministers met in Brussels on Wednesday for their last gathering of the year.