CNN: President Donald Trump has landed in Turkey ahead of the NATO summit in Ankara, as his growing criticism continues to strain the 77-year-old alliance. NATO’s chief says US allies have made “remarkable progress” with defense spending — a salient issue for Trump, who has called on them to “step up.”
Turkey jet sales: Trump is expected to signal at the summit that he is willing to sell Turkey F-35 fighter jets, according to two US officials, reversing a ban he put in place during his first term that has since been ratified into law…
Rutte to NATO: Admit it — Trump was right
The military alliance chief has more warm words for the U.S. president in an interview with POLITICO, where he credits him with getting Europeans to spend more on defense…
NATO allies to sign a raft of missile deals with US companies
European allies are preparing deals to produce or maintain U.S.-designed missiles on the continent, signaling that U.S. companies have a role in Europe’s rearmament boom…
Netanyahu asks Trump to rein in Erdoğan ahead of NATO summit
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu complained to President Trump on Friday about Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan’s escalating anti-Israel rhetoric, according to Israeli and U.S. officials.
Netanyahu also asked Trump, who will meet Erdoğan during this week’s NATO summit in Ankara, to refrain from selling weapons systems that would help Turkey modernize its air force, the officials said…
Trump Expected to Tell Turkey He Is Ready to Restore Access to F-35 Jets
The president, who is headed to a NATO summit in Ankara this week, had imposed the ban himself amid concerns that giving Turkey the jets could allow Russia to learn about their stealth technology…
Trump’s NATO-bashing casts shadow over U.S. pledge to defend allies
…Trump’s wavering on this core tenet of the Western alliance has forced a reckoning over whether the U.S. would in fact come to the rescue of its allies in an attack. That seed of doubt alone suggests that the president might not need to withdraw the U.S. from NATO to undermine it, officials say.
The fraught questioning is now complicated by U.S. plans to withdraw troops from the continent, as European leaders increasingly warn that Russian may soon try to test their defenses…
‘Trump management’: Everyone else has a plan to keep NATO summit on the rails
Military allies hope money, rearmament and a gesture on Iran will keep the U.S. president happy…
Europe Races to Plug Security Holes After U.S. NATO Pullback
America’s allies are rushing to find workarounds and replacements for the bombers, warships and other forces the U.S. recently told other NATO members they could no longer rely on in a crisis.
But filling all the holes left by the American pullback—including midair refuelers that are in short supply and long-range strategic bombers that only the U.S. has—is proving challenging for the military alliance and risks leaving its European members, in particular, exposed to rising threats from Russia…
How Europe would fight without America
As Nato meets, the continent is starting to think about how to defend itself without the US…
In NATO’s Next Act, Can Europe Play the Leading Role?
The focus at a leaders’ summit in Turkey this week will be on building a new model for the alliance, as President Trump pushes to do less and pressures others do more…