The U.S. Department of War announced that Pete Hegseth, the country’s war minister, met at the Pentagon on October 23 with Wes Streeting, the U.K. defense minister, and the two sides discussed increasing Britain’s defense spending, reviewing the deployment of U.S. forces in Europe, and strengthening the North Atlantic Treaty, NATO. According to the ministry, Hegseth asked his British counterpart to support Donald Trump’s efforts to achieve a lasting peace in Ukraine and to ensure global security in the Strait of Hormuz.