The High Representative for Foreign Affairs of the European Union shares Trump's views on the lack of military investment.

 During Trump's first presidency, the situation had become very clear: the US no longer had any intention of supporting the majority of military spending to defend the West and this had been a missed opportunity to fill the inconsistency of European defense with a targeted program of military spending, capable of bringing the structure of the European Union to defense autonomy, always within the broader framework of the Atlantic Alliance. Trump, both in his electoral program and in his inauguration speech, reiterated the concept again, because he found himself faced with an unchanged situation, albeit within a profoundly changed international context. These criticisms were also recognized as true by the High Representative for Foreign Affairs of the Union, who stressed that the time has come to invest, because, as Trump states, Brussels and its members do not spend enough. During the annual conference of the Defense Agency, the figure emerged that represents the average expenditure on military spending for the states of the Union, for 1.9% of the gross domestic product, when Russia, the closest danger has invested 9% of its gross domestic product, although in a situation of war conflict. The scarcity of spending is a dangerous signal for potential aggressors. Currently the minimum expenditure established by the Atlantic Alliance provides for 2%, but reasonable estimates foresee an increase to at least 3-3.5% of the gross domestic product. The direction claimed by the High Representative for Foreign Affairs, Estonian Kalla Kallas, is to make Europe adopt a more decisive position with regard to military spending, in order to be able to assume a greater direct share of responsibility for the Union, with regard to its own security. The appointment of the Estonian politician is a clear and unequivocal signal from the President of the European Commission, Ursula Von der Leyen, because she is a representative belonging to a nation bordering Russia and who fears its actions, in addition to the fact that her country, Estonia, contributes 3.43% of its gross domestic product to NATO spending. Even the Polish President, Donald Tusk, who with his country contributes 4% of the Atlantic Alliance's military spending, argues that Trump's provocation should be understood as a sort of positive challenge, because a stronger ally has a more consistent voice in relations with the US and can move towards greater autonomy and security, towards the geopolitical challenges that could potentially arise.