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NATO Summit:

Royal Pomp and Political Flattery Help Sway Trump on NATO Unity

Trump Expresses Support for NATO in The Hague

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By Andrea Palasciano, Flavia Krause-Jackson, and Josh Wingrove

June 25, 2025 at 4:05 PM UTC

It was a reception fit for a king.

The pillows had been fluffed at The House in the Woods, as the royal palace is known. King Willem-Alexander had a special guest staying overnight and a key role to play in the careful choreography unfolding in The Hague for the NATO summit with the singular goal of making sure US President Donald Trump didn’t pull the plug on the world’s biggest military alliance.

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