{"id":2626812,"date":"2026-07-08T16:07:01","date_gmt":"2026-07-08T20:07:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/canadian-prime-minister-mark-carney-admits-trump-has-won-the-argument-on-nato-spending\/"},"modified":"2026-07-08T16:08:41","modified_gmt":"2026-07-08T20:08:41","slug":"canadian-prime-minister-mark-carney-admits-trump-has-won-the-argument-on-nato-spending","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/canadian-prime-minister-mark-carney-admits-trump-has-won-the-argument-on-nato-spending\/","title":{"rendered":"Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney Admits Trump Has &#8216;Won the Argument&#8217; on NATO Spending"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">28<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fcanadian-prime-minister-mark-carney-admits-trump-has-won-the-argument-on-nato-spending%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2626812&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>The provided content discusses issues related to NATO and international relations. It highlights that many Americans view their allies across the Atlantic with contempt, especially over perceptions of unfair expenses and lack of responsibility.Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney acknowledged that President Trump has effectively won the debate on increasing NATO members&#8217; defense contributions, emphasizing a shift of burden towards them. Carney also addressed Canada&#8217;s concerns, such as arctic security, and <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" >noted upcoming procurement plans<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The article criticizes NATO as a Cold War relic, noting its formation in 1949 to counter the Soviet Union, which no longer exists. It suggests that recognizing the realities of current geopolitics, Trump has successfully changed the narrative about NATO&#8217;s role and member contributions. Trump has expressed frustration with NATO members like Spain, which he claims do not adequately participate or contribute financially, and has taken steps such as halting trade with Spain.<\/p>\n<p>Moreover, Trump criticized NATO&#8217;s handling of issues like Greenland and Iran, and questioned the alliance&#8217;s relevance in today&#8217;s post-Cold War world. Despite these criticisms, some officials, including canada\u2019s Carney, are moving forward with their own military procurement and policies. The overall tone suggests a viewpoint that NATO might be outdated,and that recent U.S. policies under Trump reflect a more pragmatic approach to international alliances.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><br \/>\n<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\"><br \/>\n<?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><html><body><\/p>\n<section> \t\t\t\t<script>console.log(\"ad slot (AC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC2)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC3)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC4)\")<\/script><\/p>\n<p>Affluent liberals may fawn over elite Europeans and their foolish opinions, but the rest of us think differently.<\/p>\n<p>In fact, ordinary Americans unite in contempt for our freeloading-yet-haughty so-called \u201callies\u201d across the Atlantic. And by that we mean the elite-dominated governments, not the good people who suffer under them.<\/p>\n<p>Thus, patriotic Americans had to smile wide when they heard Canadian Prime Minister <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/ap-china-urges-canada-break-us-influence-pm-carney-visits-beijing\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Mark Carney<\/a> declare on Wednesday that President Donald Trump has \u201cwon the argument\u201d on the need for NATO members to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/major-china-bill-puts-military-in-a-crunch\/\" title=\"Major China Bill Puts Military in a Crunch\">increase defense spending<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe president, as did President [Barack] Obama, which I just said to someone else \u2014 is looking for a shift of the burden within NATO. That\u2019s appropriate,\u201d Carney said in a clip posted to <a href=\"https:\/\/youtube.com\/shorts\/sGZWunuC5yY?si=L89aj_Ln4fuEu4Re\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">YouTube<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThat is happening, it\u2019s gaining momentum, [and] it\u2019s part of the point I made to President Trump when we spoke a few days ago, [which] is that it\u2019s not just he\u2019s winning the argument. He\u2019s won the argument,\u201d the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/prime-minister-netanyahu-israel-is-targeting-a-terrorist-organization\/\" title=\"Prime Minister Netanyahu: Israel is targeting a terrorist organization\">prime minister added<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>According to Canada\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/globalnews.ca\/news\/11957827\/carney-nato-spending-shift\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Global News<\/a>, Carney made those comments at the recent NATO summit in Turkey.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cCountries recognize that they need to take more responsibility, see the direct threats,\u201d the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/covid-1984-boris-locking-down-britain-before-christmas-again\/\" title=\"Covid-1984: Boris Locking Down Britain Before Christmas... Again\">prime minister continued<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Carney then explained that he would press <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/pete-hegseth-shames-nato-leaders-faces-demands-take-responsibility-defense-europe\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">NATO<\/a> members on Arctic security, which is Canada\u2019s particular concern.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/fool-around-find-trump-cutting-natos-access-massive-amount-us-weapon-systems\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Trump<\/a>, of course, has long expressed frustration with NATO members who deliver generous social entitlements to their own people while sleeping peacefully \u2014 and at little cost to themselves \u2014 under the blanket of U.S. military protection.<\/p>\n<p>Moreover, in Turkey, the president groused over some NATO members\u2019 resistance to his foreign policy. He cited European objections to his efforts to purchase <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/atlantic-runs-strange-hitlers-greenland-obsession-piece-clearly-meant-target-trump\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Greenland<\/a>, as well as to his <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/watch-us-conducts-massive-strikes-hits-80-targets-iran-attacks-ships-strait-trump-says-ceasefire-dead\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Iran War<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m not happy with NATO because of what they did with Greenland, and I\u2019m not happy with NATO because of the fact that they didn\u2019t want to help us with the number one state sponsor of terror, that\u2019s Iran,\u201d Trump told NATO Secretary-General Mark Rutte, per Global News.<\/p>\n<p>In fact, on Wednesday <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/trump-orders-scott-bessent-cut-off-trade-hostile-nato-member\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Trump<\/a> instructed Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent to halt all trade with Spain.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe don\u2019t want to do any trade business with Spain anymore, by the way. I\u2019d like you to cut it out,\u201d Trump told Bessent.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSpain is a terrible partner in NATO. They don\u2019t participate. They don\u2019t pay. I don\u2019t want anything to do with Spain,\u201d the president added.<\/p>\n<p>Carney, on the other hand, announced even before arriving in Turkey that the German manufacturer TKMS would serve as Canada\u2019s preferred contractor for its next fleet of submarines, per Global News.<\/p>\n<p>For those of us who regard NATO as a Cold War relic \u2014 those of us who would prefer a return to the \u201cno entangling alliances\u201d foreign policy of George Washington and Thomas Jefferson \u2014 anything short of a withdrawal from NATO feels like a hollow victory.<\/p>\n<p>After all, the U.S. and its European allies formed NATO in 1949 to counter the Soviet Union. As of 1991, the Soviet Union no longer exists.<\/p>\n<p>Then again, 19th-century German Chancellor Otto von Bismarck once described politics as \u201cthe art of the possible.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Within the context of that realist\u2019s view \u2014 and recognizing that <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/russia-seeks-irk-trump-cuba-move-us-intervention-expected\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Cold War assumptions<\/a> dominate U.S. thinking about foreign policy even now, nearly four decades after the Cold War ended \u2014 Trump has certainly \u201cwon\u201d an important \u201cargument.\u201d<\/p>\n<div style=\"background-color: #f7f7f7; color: #171717; display: flex;font-size: 16px;font-weight: 600;line-height: 1.5;margin: 24px 0;padding: 18px 20px 18px 30px;text-align: left;\">\n<div style=\"align-self: stretch;border-left: 3px solid #171717;flex-shrink: 0;padding-left: 20px;\"><\/div>\n<p><a style=\"text-decoration: none;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/preferences\/source?q=https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/\">Choose The Western Journal as your preferred source on Google and never miss reporting that defends truth, protects freedom, and advances Western civilization<\/a><\/div>\n<p style=\"border: 1px solid #f5f5f5; padding: 16px;\">Advertise with The Western Journal and reach millions of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/court-of-appeals-in-swing-states-drop-major-ruling-hurting-kamala-harris-chances-against-trump\/\" title=\"Court of Appeals in Swing States Drop Major Ruling, Hurting Kamala Harris&#039; Chances Against ...\">highly engaged readers<\/a>, while supporting our work. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/advertise-us\/?wj_source=article\">Advertise Today<\/a>.<\/p>\n<div style=\"position: relative;\">\n<div class=\"ff-fancy-header-container\"> \t\t\t \t<\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-submit-correction inner-content\">\n<div class=\"correction-form\">\n<form style=\"display: none;\">\n<div class=\"sc-name-field\"> \t\t\t\t\t\t<label>* Name<\/label> \t\t\t\t\t\t<br \/> \t\t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"text\" name=\"name\" required> \t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<div class=\"sc--field\"> \t\t\t\t\t\t<label>* <\/label> \t\t\t\t\t\t<br \/> \t\t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"text\" name=\"\" required> \t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<p> \t\t\t\t\t<label>* Message<\/label> \t\t\t\t\t<br \/> \t\t\t\t\t<textarea name=\"message\" required><\/textarea> \t\t\t\t\t \t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<div class=\"required-message\" style=\"display: none; padding-bottom: 15px;\">* All fields are required.<\/div>\n<p> \t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"submit\" value=\"Submit\" onclick=\"event.preventDefault(); firefly_sc();\"> \t\t\t\t\t \t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<div class=\"firefly-sc-confirm\" style=\"display: none;\">Success!<\/div>\n<\/p><\/form>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p> \t\t<script> \t\t\tfunction firefly_sc() { \t\t\t\tif( typeof window.captchaPublicKey == typeof undefined ){ \t\t\t\t\tconsole.error('window.captchaPublicKey is not defined'); \t\t\t\t} \t\t\t\tgrecaptcha.execute( window.captchaPublicKey, { action: 'submit_correction' } ).then( function( token ) { \t\t\t\t\tvar opts = { \t\t\t\t\t\taction:    'firefly_sc_submit', \t\t\t\t\t\tname:      document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"name\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\t:     document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\tmessage:   document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"message\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\tpost_id:   firefly_post_id, \t\t\t\t\t\tcap_token: token \t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\tvar inputs = [ 'name', '', 'message' ];  \t\t\t\t\tfor( var i = 0; i < inputs.length; i++ ) if( ! 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We collectively disdain our self-absorbed \u201callies\u201d across the Atlantic-specifically their governments, not ordinary citizens. 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