Trump arrives in Turkey for NATO summit amid doubts over alliance commitment

President Donald Trump arrived in Ankara, Turkey on Tuesday for a NATO summit with leaders concerned about his commitment to the 77-year-old alliance.

The gathering focuses on defense spending and NATO's future, with Trump's past reservations about the alliance raising fears it could fracture. This meeting matters as it tests whether the US will remain a central pillar of NATO or further distance itself from the partnership.

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The United States-NATO alliance has navigated its most severe crisis in memory as President Trump's second-term 'America First' agenda threatened to seize Greenland or impose sovereign claims, prompting Denmark and European allies to reject any U.S. territorial control and warn that military aggression would end NATO.

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