🇺🇸🇪🇺 US Creates "Inner" and "Outer" Circles of NATO Allies.

The Trump administration has excluded several major NATO allies—including the UK, France, and the Baltic states—from a working group established by the US Department of Defense to discuss the alliance's future, POLITICO reports.

The "Bergen Group," led by Elbridge Colby (head of policy at the US Department of Defense), currently comprises the US, Norway, Sweden, Finland, Poland, Germany, and the Netherlands.

The excluded allies state that the selection criteria are unclear and fear that Washington is dividing NATO members into groups receiving varying levels of support.

For instance, Denmark may now be invited following the conclusion of an agreement with the US regarding Greenland.