NATO Leaders to Reaffirm Article 5 at Ankara Summit
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- Trump is set to join other NATO leaders at a summit in Ankara, Turkey, where the alliance will publicly reaffirm its 'ironclad commitment' to Article 5 collective defence.
- Coverage frames Trump's attendance as a stress test for NATO unity, while Bloomberg highlights Erdogan's pitch that Turkey's defense clout makes the country indispensable to the alliance.
Why it matters: A formal Article 5 reaffirmation at Ankara would lock in a public unity display at a moment when Trump's past threats to pull troops have already frayed alliance trust, making the language adopted a benchmark for whether member states treat the commitment as binding.
