The United States is in highly confidential talks with NATO allies about expanding the number of European countries that host U.S. nuclear weapons from the current six, the Financial Times reported on June 2, citing sources briefed on the discussions. Poland and some Baltic states have expressed interest in joining the arrangement, although no agreement is said to be imminent.

Dating back to the Cold War era, NATO's nuclear-sharing arrangement currently involves Belgium, Germany, Italy, the Netherlands, Turkey and the United Kingdom, where U.S. forward-deployed nuclear bombs are stored under U.S. guard and can only be released with Washington's authorization. Interest from eastern allies has grown since Russia's 2022 invasion of Ukraine and repeated nuclear threats. The discussions, however, unfold amid widespread European concern over the Pentagon's recent moves to scale back the U.S. presence in Europe, including the May announcement of a 5,000-troop drawdown from Germany and the cancellation of a planned Tomahawk missile deployment, alongside President Donald Trump's repeated questioning of U.S. commitments to NATO's mutual-defense guarantees.