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US allies make desperate bid to 'prevent a Trump blow-up' from wrecking NATO summit
NATO’s Real Summit Is Trump ManagementThe Source of the ProblemPolitico’s report is about NATO gathering in Ankara, but the real subject is power: a U.S. president who can destabilize an alliance simply by threatening, berating, and demanding tribute. The European members are not arriving with a strategy for collective security. They are arriving with a plan to avoid provoking Donald Trump.That is the story. Not “tensions.” Not “friction.” The alliance is arranging itself around the volatility of the one member that matters most.Who Actually Holds the LeverageTrump holds the institutional…
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