'I'm not so pessimistic as many are,' Estonian defense minister, Hanno Pevkur, told Newsweek after Trump won the election.
In the days after Donald Trump won the election, securing his return to the White House early next year, Europe's NATO members were nervous. Anxious and wary, yes, but still striving for public optimism.Remarks from the Republican in the past may have been 'disturbing,' Estonia's defense minister, Hanno Pevkur, told Newsweek on the sidelines of the IISS Prague Defence Summit in the Czech Republic over the weekend. But he quickly added: 'I'm not so pessimistic as many are.
The European mission to drive up defense spending is one the continent's officials are united in, but it's up for debate whether Europe's NATO members will be able to build up the capacity they assess they need.In doubt, too, is how quickly they can do it, as warnings from the most senior military and political figures get more urgent.
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