Good morning. Defense is top-of-mind across Europe, with Germany’s chancellor-in-waiting saying he’s ready to compromise with the Greens in return for major military spending and NATO’s chief urging weapons makers to step up production.

The close adviser to President Donald Trump has publicly supported the United States withdrawing from the military alliance.

Billionaire Elon Musk threw his weight behind a US exit from NATO, saying on his social media platform that it “doesn’t make sense for America to pay for the defense of Europe.”