“This war has nothing to do with NATO. It’s not NATO’s war,” Stefan Kornelius, a spokesperson for German Chancellor Friedrich Merz, told reporters in Berlin on Monday. “NATO is a defensive alliance, an alliance for the defense of its territory,” he added.
I think Boris Pistorius was on point:
“What does Trump expect from a handful of European frigates that the powerful US navy cannot do?”
Once their ships show up, the Navy can dip and leave the mess to someone else. He can just move on to the next country on his list