Published Jul 13, 2026, 8:00 AM ET · Updated 4 months ago · 1 source
Trump’s Nato remarks rang hollow – but he recognizes something real
guardian
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D onald Trump memorably took out a full-page advertisement in multiple newspapers in 1987 charging that America was carrying too much weight for its allies. In his first term he repeated this charge, threatening to withdraw from Nato and berating US allies around the world in the process. Last week’s gathering of Nato’s heads of government in Turkey suggests his approach is running out of steam as the world adjusts and the president bumps up against the limits of American unilateral power in Ira