The United States is planning to reduce its pool of military capabilities that it will make available to European nations in NATO in the event of a crisis

Donald Trump is set to distance the US from the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) this week as the President prepares to inform the Europeans that American military assets available in a major crisis will be heavily reduced.

NATO’s top military officer said Tuesday that he doesn’t expect any more drawdowns of American troops from Europe — at least not anytime soon — beyond the 5,000 that U.S. President Donald Trump announced would leave the continent.

The Liberal government has nominated Canada's top military commander, Gen. Jennie Carignan, to be the next chair of NATO's military committee — the alliance’s senior military advisory post. The move comes as NATO wrestles with political friction,

NATO allies are increasingly concerned that the US's massive campaign in Iran is starting to constrain their supplies of top-grade weapons, including interceptors. A meeting of the alliance's military chiefs Tuesday will discuss the urgent need to ramp up weapons production at scale.