One thing is certain – the NATO summit this week will be a Trump love fest from European NATO nations, and led by Mark Rutte, the NATO Secretary General and celebrated Trump whisperer.JOIN US ON TELEGRAMFollow our coverage of the war on the @Kyivpost_official. Rutte likely will have his PowerPoint presentations ready to big up US President Donald Trump’s role in increasing European defense spending. He will also be highlighting Europe’s defense buying power and that much of the increased defense spending in Europe will go to buying US kit – and securing hundreds of thousands of US jobs. All the above depends on whether the Balogun FIFA red card scandal does now overshadow the whole summit. The reality is a bit different, I think. Privately, no European leader really trusts the US anymore to abide by NATO’s Article 5 defense and come to its aid if attacked – most likely by Russia. Trump has changed all that – and the US, or Trump’s self-interest –rather than historical treaty obligations, is what counts. If Russia attacks Europe, Trump likely will decide the US response based on how these plays for him, is there a win to be made, and what’s the downside? That might not be what is suggested in the current NATO treaty. Remarkably now many Europeans are asking whether Europe shares the same values and interests with a MAGA-led America. Frustrations there have been driven by Trump’s seeming appeasement of Kremlin leader Vladimir Putin, his getting the US, and world, into an unwanted war in Iran and pushing the export of a socially illiberal, extreme far-right agenda.