Nato summit expected to be triumphant for Trump and deflating for Ukraine

<p>US president likely to be in self-congratulatory mood, with most allies persuaded to sign up to defence spending target</p><p>Donald Trump was expected to fly into the Nato summit in The Hague on Tuesday to perform a victory lap. After decades of complaining about European defence spending, with the help of Mark Rutte, Nato’s new secretary general, allies are ready to sign up to a target to raise, in most cases, core defence spending to 3.5% of GDP by 2035.</p><p>On top of that, it is just a few days since the first major military intervention of Trump’s second term – the bombing of Iran’s nuclear sites at Fordow, Natanz and Isfahan over the weekend – and hours since his <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/jun/23/trump-israel-iran-ceasefire">declaration of a ceasefire between Israel and Iran.</a></p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/jun/24/nato-summit-expected-to-be-triumphant-for-trump-and-deflating-for-ukraine">Continue reading...</a>