Merz says Nato could be dead by June if Trump undermines its mutual defence pact.
Last year America spent almost a trillion dollars on defence, which is more than double the rest of Nato combined.
British Storm Shadow missiles and the French equivalent SCALPS need mapping data from America to navigate to their targets.
According to Boris Johnson, Trump’s wild claims are “not intended to be historically accurate, but to shock Europeans into action”.
When allies helped Israel shoot down Iranian missiles, America had 70 planes in the sky.
