US EditionUS Ambassador Looks Forward to Having German as Top NATO Commander Someday
US Ambassador Matthew Whitaker urged Germany to assume NATO's Supreme Allied Commander Europe role to enhance European defence amid evolving geopolitical tensions.
- At the Berlin Security Conference, Matthew Whitaker, US ambassador to NATO, said he looks forward to Germany taking the Supreme Allied Commander Europe post and posted about it on X.
- SACEUR is one of NATO's two strategic commanders and traditionally US-held, with General Alexus G. Grynkewich serving since 4 July 2025.
- Panelists reacted with surprise to the proposal, and Lt Gen Wolfgang Wien said Germany is willing to take more responsibilities but views SACEUR as US territory.
- The outcome tied calls for burden-sharing to concrete EU mobility funding as Whitaker urged allies to meet Hague Summit obligations, while the European Commission proposed 17.65 billion euro for 500 choke points.
- Amid concerns about Russia probing defences, Kaja Kallas, EU foreign policy chief, said spending on defence might avert war and linked the debate to geopolitics under Donald Trump.
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The United States would like Germany to take command of NATO forces in Europe.
Germany is supposed to assume more responsibility in NATO, the US demands. They even see the top posts as possible.
The United States believes that Germany could assume leadership of NATO forces in Europe in the future. Traditionally, the Allied Command Europe has been led by an American general. According to RBC-Ukraine, US Ambassador to NATO Matthew Whitaker stated this during the Berlin Security Conference, as quoted by The Times. Whitaker stated that the appointment of a Supreme Allied Commander Europe is a long-term and "ambitious" US goal, as it will me…
Germany's leadership in NATO on the European continent – a long-term US goal, said Whitaker.
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