US taking stock of NATO as Trump heads to Turkey for summit
Source: ABC News
July 6, 2026, 5:04 AM
President Donald Trump will head to the NATO summit in Ankara, Turkey, this week as an unstable ceasefire between the U.S. and Iran and Trump's feud with his NATO allies continue.
The summit will be held Tuesday and Wednesday at the Beştepe Presidential Compound and chaired by NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte. The formal opening is scheduled for Tuesday and the event is expected to conclude the following day, when Trump will hold a news conference.
Trump's trip will be brief. He is expected to leave the White House Monday night and return to the U.S. on Wednesday evening.
While in Turkey, the president is expected to take part in a bilateral meetings with Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and participate in a number of working sessions.
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Hugin
(38,134 posts)Only a little tweak here and there.
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WestMichRad
(3,549 posts)Preparing to torpedo them would be more like it.
ananda
(35,910 posts)They don't need Trump.
He'd just be a liability anyway.
Bayard
(30,792 posts)I hope he's not planning to announce pulling out of NATO. Maybe that's what that 2 hour phone call with Putin was about on Saturday.
Ray Bruns
(7,028 posts)Trump is a traitorous asshole.
RobertDevereaux
(2,049 posts)Misspelled "sleep through".
dave99
(776 posts)Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin
(139,151 posts)Donny is throwing another tantrum and plans to take a shit on the conference table.
Justice matters.
(10,262 posts)"Antifascist Alliance"
Just "copy" (adopt) the Charter and leave the Fascist nation out of it alone.
Skittles
(173,790 posts)dave99
(776 posts)US has nothing to do with Republicans and Trump
MissouriDem47
(462 posts)It is not the "US" but Trump who assessing how much damage he can do to NATO.
PSPS
(15,425 posts)LiberalLovinLug
(14,792 posts)Its like having Putin there in person. I predict all kinds of whining and criticism from the orange oaf against his fellow NATO members.