Ten years ago U.S. defence investment represented almost half of all defence expenditure in the whole alliance. Today it is 75%. This increasing economic gap may also lead to an increasing technology gap which will almost hamper the inter-operability between our forces.

Rasmussen stated as one of the reasons to support a military intervention "Irak har masseødelæggelsesvåben. It was the first time since 1920 that the Social Democratic Party lost its position as the largest party in the Folketing (parliament) mainly due to a loss of working class votes to Dansk Folkeparti (The Danish People's Party). [citation needed]
The Danish Defence Intelligence Service (FE) produced a classified report stating that it had no absolute proof of WMDs in Iraq.

His term ends in the summer of 2014. His government introduced tougher limits on non-EEA immigration and a freeze on tax rates (skattestoppet in Danish). He authored several books about taxation and government structure.