The alliance is facing an overt external threat from Russia’s dictator and an internal threat from its principal founding member, the United States.

While Paris and Berlin sip espressos and debate the philosophical merits of “strategic autonomy”, other countries stare across the border at Russian revanchism.

Trump suggested he might have skipped the upcoming summit entirely were it not being hosted by Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan.

Defence spending, Ukraine and the Iran conflict will dominate the Ankara meeting

Trump attends NATO Summit in Turkey to meet Zelenskyy amid strained relations over European defense spending and the Iran war.