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A furious Trump dashes hopes for a friendly NATO summit
Any hope that a more conciliatory President Donald Trump might appear at this year’s NATO summit has evaporated. It was always a long-shot that a leader who spent the last five months castigating US allies for not helping more with Iran would arrive in Ankara in a pleasant mood. He had already said he was…
NATO announces billions in arms deals to prove its firepower as Trump arrives in Ankara for summit
NATO said Tuesday it will buy new surveillance planes and announce defense deals worth “tens of billions” of dollars as Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan greeted President Trump on the tarmac for the alliance’s two-day summit in Ankara, Turkey. Mr. Trump smiled broadly and exchanged pleasantries with his host at Etimesgut Air Base before heading…
Germany’s Merz defends NATO spending after Trump calls it ‘ridiculous’ | Donald Trump News
Back and forth over defence spending comes as NATO leaders set to meet in Ankara next week. Published On 3 Jul 20263 Jul 2026 German Chancellor Friedrich Merz has defended his country’s NATO defence spending, shortly after US President Donald Trump re-upped his criticism of alliance members. The statement on Friday came as NATO leaders…
