An internal rift over defense spending and President Trump’s disregard for Ukraine have lowered expectations for the gathering.

THE HAGUE: US President Donald Trump and his NATO counterparts are due to gather Tuesday for a summit that could unite the world’s biggest security organization around a new…

The alliance’s summit will minimize references to either Russia or Ukraine to avoid antagonizing the U.S. president who has sided with the aggressor.

Nato is due to gather in The Hague tomorrow evening amid chaos in the Middle East and the ongoing war in Ukraine.

Europe braces for Trump's arrival at the Nato summit with difficult questions over Iran and defence, following the 5% defence spending target he's demanded of allies

The group has truncated its summit to focus on a 5% per-country spending target, something Trump supports, to avoid upsetting him.

NATO leaders gather Tuesday in The Hague for what could be a historic summit, or one marred by divisions.

Continued support for Ukraine amid Russian aggression as well as higher defence spending by allies are key topics.

An internal rift over defense spending and President Trump’s disregard for Ukraine have lowered expectations for the gathering.

The “why” is Russia. But at a summit focused on keeping President Trump happy, discussion of that is expected to be muted.

President Trump is expected to talk about spending commitments from the alliance’s members, while NATO’s secretary general has been eager to avoid diplomatic blowups.

Russian aggression and keeping Trump happy are the two themes of the gathering so far.

THE HAGUE: US President Donald Trump swept into NATO’s Hague summit Tuesday, with allies hoping a pledge to ramp up defense spending will keep the mercurial leader of the military…

Leaders due to formalise agreement to set defence spending at 5% but comments from US president over collective defence cause stir

The military alliance on Wednesday released a joint statement boasting of higher spending that barely mentions Russia or Ukraine in deference to Trump's pro-Putin bias.

Russia’s invasion has dominated previous meetings, but keeping President Trump happy was the focus at the gathering this week. Ukraine was largely shunted to the sidelines.