On July 7-8, NATO held its summit in Ankara, Turkey, with leaders of all its 32 member states. The friends of NATO had looked forward to this summit with great apprehension. The main threat to NATO is not its eternal enemy – Russia – but the President of the United States himself, Donald Trump, who has demonstrated incredibly cordial relations with Kremlin leader Vladimir Putin. The NATO agenda can be summarized in four points all related to Trump personally, as reflected in the final communique: Would the US guarantee NATO security? Would the US recognize Russia as a threat? Would Trump praise or bash Europe? Would Trump allow NATO to utter support for Ukraine. The outcome was by no means given.JOIN US ON TELEGRAMFollow our coverage of the war on the @Kyivpost_official. Since his accession to the US presidential throne in January 2025, Trump has caused tremendous damage to NATO, essentially ending its credibility. He instantly stopped all financial and military aid to Ukraine, while he made the US vote with Russia and a dozen rogue states in the United Nations, falsely claiming that Russia did not pursue a war of aggression against Ukraine. Trump invited the war criminal Putin to Alaska and rolled out the red carpet for him, possibly promising Putin to force Ukraine to give up the parts of Donetsk region still held by Ukraine. Trump sent his so-called “envoys” Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner – to force Ukraine to submit to his and Putin’s demands. Witkoff has been to Moscow to see Putin at least seven times, but he has not bothered to go to Ukraine.