WORLD_ New British Defense Secretary Says Europe ‘Shaken out of Complacency’ by Trump ( Guy Birchall - THE EPOCH TIMES )

THE EPOCH TIMES

New British Defense Secretary Says Europe ‘Shaken out of Complacency’ by Trump

Wes Streeting said the continent would one day thank the U.S. president for ‘forcing us to stand on our own two feet.’

British Secretary of State for Defense Wes Streeting at 10 Downing Street in London on July 21, 2026. Chris J Ratcliffe/Reuters

Guy Birchall
7/27/2026|Updated: 7/27/2026


Newly appointed British Defence Secretary Wes Streeting said on July 26 that Europe will one day thank U.S. President Donald Trump for “shaking us out of our complacency” on defense spending.

Speaking to British broadcaster Sky News, Streeting said that he genuinely believes “when this period of history is written, Europe will thank President Trump for shaking us out of our complacency and forcing us to stand on our own two feet and end the period of overreliance on the United States for defense.”

Former Health Secretary Streeting was appointed to the defense role on July 20 by the new British Prime Minister Andy Burnham after he reshuffled the Cabinet following the resignation of his predecessor Keir Starmer.

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