Alistair Bunkall
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353 appearances
4 recordings
2 series
first heard Apr 2026
last heard 7 Jul
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And so they have been very defensive of the Pope, which no doubt has also angered Donald Trump.
But it looks, as I say at the moment, like the Italian government, maybe because we're on the eve of the NATO summit in Ankara, it looks as though on this occasion they'll just kind of let it wash over and hope that it won't resurface in Ankara.
I think 5% of GDP would probably be satisfactory to Donald Trump.
I think the problem is that a lot of countries either are
not actually putting money where their mouth is, or they're not coming up with decent plans to get there.
So, I mean, if you look at the Italians, to go back to George Maloney, I think they spent about 2, 2.1% of GDP on defence, which is way below what really actually NATO is an alliance, but certainly Donald Trump think countries should be spending.
Look at the British, they've released a defence investment plan that falls way below GDP.
5% falls way below what actually military chiefs in the UK think they need to be spending.
So I'm sure the Americans will have something to say about that.
Defense spending is an area where a lot of people who know about
security issues believe that Donald Trump has a point.
Now, the way he goes about it, and he's always gone about it, I remember covering a NATO summit in Brussels where he threatened to walk out.
The way he's gone about it is very Trumpian in style, and a lot of people don't like it.
But it has given a lot of European countries a kick up the proverbial to up their spending.
I mean, look at Germany, they are now taking action.
But I wouldn't be surprised if that is the kind of the running sore throughout the next 48 hours.
Yeah, it's a huge figure.
I think the burden will mainly be borne by the European countries.
The EU as well has released huge amounts of funds to Ukraine.
It's getting to the point now where Europe in particular, whether it's kind of through NATO, whether it's through the EU, whether it's through just unilateral British spending, the European countries are now very much the dominant donor to the Ukrainians, which is why we've now got into a conversation about
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