The NATO Summit's Hollow Victory and Trump's Greenland Obsession The recent NATO Summit in Ankara, Turkey, was touted as a success by European leaders, but beneath the surface lies a more complicated reality.
While the gathering did yield some concrete commitments from member states to increase defense spending, it also exposed the deep seated divisions within the alliance.
Mark Rutte, the NATO Secretary General, hailed the progress made in shifting the burden for Europe's defense away from the United States as a significant achievement.