The NATO meeting in Turkey, fraught with tension, has concluded. United States President Donald Trump said at the start of the meeting in Ankara that he might not have attended had it not been hosted by President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, whose authoritarianism Trump admires.
The media focus on Trump’s antipathy towards NATO reinforces the perception that the alliance is in trouble. While American ambivalence is a major issue for NATO, the other alliance members realize that, even without the U.S., it’s still important.
