NATO Tries to Use Charm to Keep Trump On Its Side
US President Donald Trump arrives for a dinner at Huis ten Bosch Palace during the 2025 NATO Summit in The Hague, Netherlands, on June 24.
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Donald Trump ensured that NATO’s high-stakes summit would be a nervy affair to the end as he arrived in The Hague fueling doubts about whether the US remains fully committed to defending its allies.
The US president was feted as the guest of honor at a dinner hosted by King Willem-Alexander on Tuesday. NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte, who has led a monthslong charm offensive to keep the US onside, went out of his way to underline Trump’s leadership of the western alliance.