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King Charles III hypes NATO, UK's enduring partnership with 'imaginative rebels' in US
For the first time in nearly 35 years, a British monarch has addressed a joint meeting of the U.S. Congress.
King Charles III, no doubt sensitive to the recent political friction between the U.S. and Britain over the matter of the war in Iran, noted at the outset Tuesday night that these are "times of great uncertainty, in times of conflict, from Europe to the Middle East, which pose immense challenges for the international community and whose impact is felt in communities the length and breadth of our own countries."
Charles emphasized, however, that even in such times, it remains clear that America's and Britain's destinies are entangled and that the two countries share a special "bond of kinship and identity" that is "irreplaceable and unbreakable."
After reassuring lawmakers that his presence stateside was not "part of some cunning rearguard action" and lauding the American founding fathers both as "bold and imaginative rebels with a cause" and inheritors "of the British Enlightenment," Charles hyped the need to build upon and renew the Anglo-American partnership, particularly in the military space.
On the theme of renewal and in an apparent nod to President Donald Trump's repeated insistence that North Atlantic Treaty Organization members boost their defense spending, Charles noted that the U.K. "has committed to the biggest sustained increase in defense spending since the Cold War."
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British Prime Minister Keir Starmer committed last year to spending 2.5% of GDP on core defense by April 2027. The U.K., which spent an estimated 2.3% of GDP on defense in 2024, has since entertained the possibility of increasing spending to 3% in the next Parliament — an increase that Starmer said would be made possible by reductions to aid spending.
Charles, speaking weeks after the Trump administration signaled an interest in pulling the U.S. out of NATO, said the military alliance is as relevant now as it was during the Cold War and "in the immediate aftermath of 9/11, when NATO invoked Article Five for the first time."
The king — who acknowledged that "the commitment and expertise of the United States Armed Forces and its allies lie at the heart of NATO" — suggested further that the alliance was imperative to keep "North Americans and Europeans safe from our common adversaries," singling out Ukraine as a nation now in need of defense.
Charles closed his speech with an apparent knock at isolationism, stating, "I pray with all my heart that our alliance will continue to defend our shared values with our partners in Europe and the Commonwealth and across the world and that we ignore the clarion calls to become ever more inward-looking."
The last royal address to Congress was given by Charles' late mother, Queen Elizabeth II, in the wake of the Gulf War. Elizabeth similarly spoke with interest about nurturing Britain's "long-standing friendship with the people of the United States."
"We want to build on that foundation and to do better," said the queen. "And if the going gets rough, I hope you can still agree with your poet Emerson, who wrote in 1847, 'I feel, in regard to this aged England, with a kind of instinct, that she sees a little better on a cloudy day, and that, in storm of battle and calamity, she has a secret vigor and a pulse like a cannon.' You will find us worthy partners, and we are proud to have you as our friends."
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Pentagon floats ousting Spain from NATO, punishing allies for not toeing the line on Iran
The U.S-Iran conflict is unpopular at home with 58% of American adults signaling opposition in a recent Economist/YouGov poll, and surveys conducted both prior and immediately after the initial U.S.-Israeli strikes in late February revealed a general aversion to getting dragged into another foreign entanglement.
While the military intervention is unpopular in the U.S., the opposition to it is significantly greater in Europe, particularly in Spain, where such opposition has proven politically expedient for the ruling Socialist Party.
'No worries.'
In addition to criticizing the conflict, leftist Spanish officials have in recent months publicly underscored their unwillingness to materially assist the U.S., going so far as to refuse the U.S. to use the jointly run bases at Morón and Rota to strike Iran.
A U.S. official claimed to Reuters that, in an internal email, the Pentagon has floated the idea of pushing Spain out of NATO and punishing allies that failed to toe the line on the Iran conflict.
The email reportedly expresses annoyances over certain allies' reluctance or outright refusal to permit the U.S. access, basing, and overflight rights for the Iran conflict, which the official said were altogether described as "the absolute baseline for NATO."
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The email identifies a number of sanctions for such noncooperation that might serve to "decreas[e] the sense of entitlement on the part of the Europeans," including suspending "difficult" countries from important positions at NATO, the official claimed.
While base closures in Europe were not among the proposed responses, ousting Spain from the alliance — a move the email said would be symbolic but have a limited impact on U.S military operations — is on the table, the official added. It's unclear how such an ouster would be accomplished given NATO's founding treaty does not contain a formal mechanism to eject a member.
The email reportedly also raises the possibility of rethinking U.S. diplomatic support for European "imperial possessions" such as Britain's Falkland Islands off the coast of Argentina.
When asked about the email, Pentagon press secretary Kingsley Wilson told Reuters, "As President Trump has said, despite everything that the United States has done for our NATO allies, they were not there for us."
"The War Department will ensure that the President has credible options to ensure that our allies are no longer a paper tiger and instead do their part," said Wilson. "We have no further comment on any internal deliberations to that effect."
President Donald Trump said in a March interview with the New York Post that Spain "is a loser" and "very hostile to NATO."
"Not a team player, and we’re not going to be a team player with Spain either," added Trump, suggesting elsewhere that the U.S. could just co-opt the Spanish bases and slap Madrid with a trade embargo.
Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez, whose country's defense spending has chronically fallen short of NATO targets, brushed off the email, telling Politico, "No worries."
"We are fulfilling our obligations toward NATO," said Sánchez.
"The Spanish government's position is clear: absolute cooperation with our allies, but always within the framework of international law," added the socialist prime minister.
Following the report about the Pentagon memo, a spokesman for the German government suggested that Spain's membership was safe, reported the BBC.
"Spain is a member of NATO. And I see no reason why that should change," said the German spokesman.
Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni told NATO members on Friday to stick together, noting the alliance is a "source of strength."
"We must work to strengthen NATO's European pillar ... which must clearly complement the American one," added Meloni, who was recently criticized by Trump over her defense of Pope Leo XIV.
The Department of War did not respond to Blaze News' request for comment.
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