‘Love nonetheless’: EU’s top diplomat says Trump’s ‘tough love’ on defence better than nothing

THE EUROPEAN UNION'S diplomatic chief Kaja Kallas has said the bloc is beefing up defence spending after "tough love" from the Trump administration, as she called for stronger ties to counter China's "economic might". Speaking at the Shangri-La defence forum in Singapore, Kallas was responding to comments by US Defence Secretary Pete Hegseth, who called President Donald Trump's insistence on more military spending "tough love". "It's love nonetheless, so it's better than no love," Kallas quipped when asked later about Hegseth's speech. Brussels' relationship with Washington was not broken, Kallas stressed, saying she spoke to Hegseth on Friday. "You heard…