National security adviser Mike Waltz told The Post Tuesday the US can’t afford to “subsidize” its NATO allies anymore — and added that the defense of Ukraine “must be European-led.”

Axar.az informs, citing the New York Post, in a wide-ranging interview to mark President Trump’s first 100 days in office, Waltz affirmed that the administration would back Europe militarily and diplomatically — but would be “demanding at every level.”

“Case in point, look at the issue with the Houthis [in Yemen],” he said. “The vast majority of that shipping [through the Red Sea] goes to Europe, and when you have a situation where they haven’t invested in their navies to be able to handle — or at least assist us in a much greater way — then at some point this is going to affect their way of life, their trade, their commerce, their ability to keep their economies going.”

“We’ve made it clear that assistance to Ukraine going forward in the future must be European-led,” the national security adviser added. “And that is just a fundamental outcome of these negotiations.”

“The United States, with $33 trillion in debt, can literally can no longer afford to subsidize European security — and we have to make the distinction between our Eastern European allies like Poland, like Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, and others.”

Please read the full interview here.