U.S. President Donald J. Trump boarded Air Force One just earlier to leave for Ankara, Turkey for the much anticipated NATO summit. In the weeks and days working up to the summit, European leaders, have been keen to highlight new defense commitments and financing frameworks, as President Trump has long pushed the NATO alliance to increase burdensharing and defense spending. Most recently, today, the UK, Finland, the Netherlands, and Poland announced a new Multilateral Defense Mechanism that is meant to “accelerate defense investment, stimulate joint procurement, and aggregate demand in critical defence capabilities, with the ultimate objective of meeting the military needs of like-minded allies.”

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U.S. President Donald J. Trump boarded Air Force One just earlier to leave for Ankara, Turkey for the much anticipated NATO summit. In the weeks and days working up to the summit, European leaders, have been keen to highlight new defense commitments and financing frameworks, as President Trump has long pushed the NATO alliance to increase burdensharing and defense spending. Most recently, today, the UK, Finland, the Netherlands, and Poland announced a new Multilateral Defense Mechanism that is m