Finland points to Arctic as Trump questions value of NATO
By John T. Seward - The Washington Times - Saturday, May 16, 2026
What to know
* Finland's officials respond to U.S. NATO spending complaints with their own defense priorities.
* Minister Elina Valtonen agrees NATO needs more European investment in defense.
* Finland has historically invested heavily in its own defense before joining NATO.
* Finland ranks ninth in NATO for defense spending as a percentage of GDP.
* Finland's officials respond to U.S. NATO spending complaints with their own defense priorities.
* Minister Elina Valtonen agrees NATO needs more European investment in defense.
* Finland has historically invested heavily in its own defense before joining NATO.
* Finland ranks ninth in NATO for defense spending as a percentage of GDP.
HELSINKI — The Trump administration’s loudest complaints about NATO — that Europe isn’t pulling its weight in defense spending and security — are meeting a different reality here in Finland, one of the alliance’s newest Nordic members.
Finland’s top foreign and defense officials say their country’s response to the critical U.S. rhetoric and the calls for increased defense spending isn’t about pledges or promises. It’s a balance sheet that shows how high the nation’s security priorities were before ever joining NATO.
“We have exactly the same position as President Trump in the sense that we think that NATO is not at its full potential yet,” Foreign Affairs Minister Elina Valtonen said Tuesday in a media roundtable discussion with journalists, including a reporter from The Washington Times’ Threat Status platform. “The European countries have not invested enough from their pocket in the defense of deterrence. Finland certainly has.”
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