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Trump's European allies add distance on Iran following testy NATO summit

The Iran war has reignited and the U.S. may need European allies more than ever, but President Donald Trump left a NATO summit in Turkey on Wednesday without announcing any new commitments from the defense alliance to assist with the…

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The Iran war has reignited and the U.S. may need European allies more than ever, but President Donald Trump left a NATO summit in Turkey on Wednesday without announcing any new commitments from the defense alliance to assist with the conflict. He instead delivered mixed signals about his feelings toward the military alliance throughout his two days in Ankara, claiming "tremendous unity" at one point while elsewhere slinging harsh words for other countries' hesitance to involve themselves in the Middle Eastern conflict.

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