NATO SUMMIT LIVE |Mark Rutte & Leaders Unveil Tens of Billions in New Defense Deals to Mollify Trump

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NATO SUMMIT LIVE |Mark Rutte & Leaders Unveil Tens of Billions in New Defense Deals to Mollify Trump ANKARA, TURKEY — At the crucial opening of the NATO Defence Industry Forum on the sidelines of the historic 2026 Ankara Summit, NATO Secretary-General Mark Rutte and key allied leaders are set to announce tens of billions of dollars in new military contracts and critical defense investments. Confronting intense pressure from U.S. President Donald Trump to immediately meet the ambitious five percent GDP defense spending target pledged in The Hague last year, European allies and Canada are moving swiftly to demonstrate concrete capability delivery. The high-stakes summit, hosted by Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan at the Beştepe Presidential Compound, comes at a turbulent juncture for transatlantic security. As Russia continues its offensive in Ukraine and tensions rise globally, the alliance is accelerating its industrial production capacity, bolstering conventional deterrence al

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