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Trump joins NATO summit amid push for 5% defense boost

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Alyona Murashova
June 25, 2025

Donald Trump has joined NATO leaders at a summit in The Hague, with NATO chief Mark Rutte hailing him as a US president who could bring Europe what no one has in decades.

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