Sabre-rattling to ‘tremendous love’: erratic Trump dominates final hours of Nato summit

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US President Donald Trump's erratic behavior at the NATO summit in Ankara included criticisms of allies and Iran, but he ultimately reaffirmed support for Article 5, which was seen as a key victory by alliance leaders.

Alliance leaders, who had feared the worst, will hail US president’s renewed support for article 5 as key victory An erratic and at times irascible Donald Trump has said he felt a “tremendous love” from western leaders at the Nato summit, only hours after lambasting them over their defence spending and not helping the US in attacking Iran. The US president’s mixed messaging dominated the final hours of the two-day gathering in Ankara, Turkey, beginning with him publicly calling Iran’s leadership scum and renewing his demand for control of Greenland. Continue reading...