The “Sachsen”, "Bayern", and frigates of the German Navy sail during a military exercise in the North Sea on October 13, 2025, near Harstad, Norway. (Getty Images)
Vice President JD Vance speaking with President of the European Commission Ursula von der Leyen at the US embassy in Paris on February 11, 2025. (Getty Images)
Flags of Ukraine and NATO are seen outside a press conference of NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg and President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelensky in Kyiv, Ukraine, on April 29 2024. (Photo by STR/NurPhoto via Getty Images)
US President Joe Biden delivers remarks at a meeting of the North Atlantic Council at the NATO Summit on July 10, 2024, in Washington, DC. (Kevin Dietsch via Getty Images)
Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida, Prime Minister of New Zealand Christopher Luxon and President of South Korea Yoon Suk Yeol attend a meeting during the 2024 NATO Summit on July 11, 2024, in Washington, DC. (Photo by Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images)
A general view of the NATO's seventy-fifth anniversary commemoration event in Washington, DC, on July 9, 2024. (Turkish Presidency/Murat Kula/Handout/Anadolu via Getty Images)
German Soldiers conduct air assault operations from a German NH90 helicopter during the joint Romanian-US military operation in Cincu, Romania, on May 15, 2024. (US Army video by Staff Sgt. Ashley Low via DVIDS)