Trump's NATO Demands: A Test of Transatlantic Unity As the United States and its North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) allies gather for their annual summit in Brussels this summer, one question hangs over the proceedings like a cloud: what does President Donald Trump want from his NATO partners?
For years, the alliance has been grappling with questions about burden sharing, defense spending, and the role of Eastern European countries in the alliance.
At its core, however, lies a more fundamental question: is the United States still committed to the principles of collective defense that have underpinned NATO's existence for over seven decades?