Rutte presses Trump on NATO before Ankara summit (opens in new tab)

NATO Secretary-General Mark Rutte met President Trump at the White House on Wednesday, June 24, to urge him to maintain U.S. support for the alliance before a NATO leaders’ summit scheduled for July 7-8 in Ankara, Turkey. Rutte used charts showing that European countries and Canada had increased defense spending since Trump first took office in 2017, targeting Trump’s long-running complaint that the United States carries too much of NATO’s military burden. The meeting followed Trump’s critici...