Some NATO members could soon become “majority non-European” which could raise questions about their future loyalty to Washington, according to the U.S. National Security Strategy which outlines President Donald Trump’s foreign policy priorities.

Mark Rutte's comments come a day after Putin rejected US proposals for peace in Ukraine after talks with US negotiators in Moscow.

In talks with Russia, European officials say that President Trump’s advisers have positioned the U.S. as an independent arbiter rather than as the leading voice of NATO.

Donald Trump and his administration have claimed Europe faces total cultural unravelling in the new US National Security strategy

After being blindsided by President Donald Trump’s 28-point plan last month, some Europeans have expressed extreme disquiet at being apparently sidelined in talks.

According to Putin, these longstanding principles of international security state that if one nation is safe, it does not mean that it is safe at the expense of another nation.