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NATO Mulls Nixing Annual Summits, Wary Of ‘Trump Drama’ Overshadowing<\/span><\/p>\n

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Fresh reporting in Reuters<\/em> says that NATO leadership is mulling ending its practice of holding annual summits as the Trump presidency has “cast a long shadow”<\/strong> over such meetings and as member states are looking for “less drama”.<\/p>\n

For example, at the 2018 summit Trump threatened to walk \u2060out after bitterly complaining over allies’ low defense spending.\u00a0Jens Stoltenberg, NATO\u2019s secretary general at the time, wrote<\/a> in a recently published memoir, “Had he made good on his threat to leave \u200bin protest, we would have been left to pick up the pieces of a shattered NATO<\/strong>.”<\/p>\n

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Also, in 2019 he exited summit early while lambasting then-Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau as “two-faced”\u00a0after Trudeau was caught on a hot mike blasting Trump’s behavior.<\/p>\n

One report recalls of the scene<\/a>:<\/p>\n

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Footage emerged late on Tuesday that appears to show\u00a0world leaders joking about Trump at the summit<\/a>, which has been marked by sharp disagreements over spending and future threats, including Turkey\u2019s role in the alliance and China, as well as a clash of personalities that triggered a flurry of incendiary language being deployed by leaders.<\/em><\/p>\n

The video shows leaders including Trudeau, Johnson, the French president, Emmanuel Macron, the Dutch prime minister, Mark Rutte, and Princess Anne<\/strong> at the Buckingham Palace event on Tuesday evening.<\/em><\/p>\n

In audio caught on a nearby microphone, Johnson asks Macron: \u201cIs that why he was late?\u201d before Trudeau interjects: \u201cHe was late because he takes a 40-minute press conference off the top.\u201d<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

Trudeau adds: \u201cOh, yeah, yeah yeah. He announced \u2026 \u201d before he is cut off by Macron, who speaks animatedly to the group. Macron\u2019s back is to the camera and his words are inaudible.<\/em><\/p>\n

After an edited cut in the film, the footage later shows an incredulous Trudeau telling the group: \u201cYou just watched his team\u2019s jaws drop to the floor.\u201d<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

In his second administration, President Trump’s fierce criticisms have only grown, especially related to lack of help in the Iran war and Hormuz Strait crisis,\u00a0labeling the alliance a “paper tiger” and charging member states with being “free-loaders”.<\/strong><\/p>\n

One European diplomat expressed an increasingly common viewpoint among members: “Better to have fewer summits than bad summits,”<\/strong> the official said.<\/p>\n

And, per Reuters: “Some diplomats and analysts have long argued that annual summits create pressure for eye-catching results<\/strong> that distracts from longer-term planning.”<\/p>\n

The 2019 Trudeau hot mic incident:<\/em><\/p>\n

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.@JustinTrudeau<\/a>, @EmmanuelMacron<\/a>, @BorisJohnson<\/a> and other VIPs shared a few words at a Buckingham Palace reception Tuesday. No one mentions @realDonaldTrump<\/a> by name, but they seem to be discussing his lengthy impromptu press conferences from earlier in the day. (Video: Host Pool) pic.twitter.com\/dVgj48rpOP<\/a><\/p>\n

\u2014 Power & Politics (@PnPCBC) December 3, 2019<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

For now at least, NATO leadership is insisting it will be business as usual and these annual summits will proceed. “NATO will continue to hold regular meetings of Heads of State and Government, and between summits NATO Allies will continue to consult, plan and take decisions about our shared security,” a NATO official told Reuters. But Trump’s anti-NATO rhetoric is unlikely to cease anytime soon, setting up for more drama to come.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

Tyler Durden<\/a><\/span>
\nWed, 04\/29\/2026 – 04:15<\/span><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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