Politics

Placating Trump: Can NATO keep the American president happy in Ankara? [ANALYSIS]

Matthew Day
 07.07.2026, 16:17
NATO chief Mark Rutte hopes that increased European defense spending will help keep Trump in the fold. (Beata Zawrzel/NurPhoto via Getty Images)
NATO chief Mark Rutte hopes that increased European defense spending will help keep Trump in the fold. (Beata Zawrzel/NurPhoto via Getty Images)

Last year NATO’s European members spent a combined total of $559 billion.