Former NSC chief of staff under Trump Alex Gray joins 'Fox & Friends First' to preview Secretary Hegseth's upcoming Pentagon briefing, the president's stance on Iranian relations moving forward and his effort to bolster NATO defense spending.

President Trump has long pushed the European allies to be more self-sufficient on defense, relying less on American protection. NATO committed to a major increase over the next decade.

NATO leaders agreed to increase defense spending to 5% of GDP and renewed their “ironclad commitment” to mutual security in an historic move that comes at the time of an increasingly belligerent Russia.