Jul 21, 2026
NATO leaders gathered in Ankara, Turkey for a summit focused on demonstrating increased European defense spending commitments to President Donald Trump. Alliance members announced at least $50 billion in defense industry deals while Trump renewed demands for Greenland and weighed allowing Turkey to purchase F-35 fighter jets.
The Trump administration announced it will withdraw from a long-standing bilateral defence coordination body with Canada, citing insufficient Canadian defence spending and referencing remarks by Prime Minister Mark Carney at the World Economic Forum. The suspension affects a joint military consultation mechanism dating back to World War II.