Trump doesn’t have Europe best interest in mind. Europe is a super power and a sphere of influence on their own. Europe don’t need protection especially against Russia who is much weaker in every aspect than Europe. Weak leadership and lack of discipline is what keeps holding Europe back, not the military.

It’s not for Trump, it’s for a rule based order and international law as opposed to the law of the jungle. Imagine a world where powerful nations bully smaller ones by kidnapping their leaders.