NATO’s Leader Makes His Case to Trump for Preserving the Alliance

Scritto il 25/06/2026
da David E. Sanger

Using charts, Secretary General Mark Rutte appeared to defuse the president’s anger by showing that European countries were “equalizing” defense spending with the U.S.Mark Rutte, the secretary general of NATO, with President Trump and other officials in the Oval Office on Wednesday. The organization’s summit starts on July 7 in Turkey.