Top Trump administration officials are pressuring their European counterparts to continue buying American-made weapons as the European Union sets plans to limit such purchases, five anonymous sources told Reuters Wednesday.

The report comes as the latest development after President Donald Trump blasted Europe in mid-March for not  supporting their “fair share” of NATO. But while Trump seeks to make a deal with Russian President Vladimir Putin over the war in Ukraine, which ostensibly stems from Moscow’s effort to bulwark against NATO expansion, Secretary of State Marco Rubio will be in Brussels from Wednesday to Friday, warning against the Europeans from stopping purchases of American weapons.

Rubio will call on EU countries to keep up purchases U.S. weapons during his visit to Brussels this week, where he will also attend the NATO Foreign Ministers Meeting, one senior State Department official said.

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