“The head of NATO wants the alliance’s annual summit meeting next month to be short and sweet, European officials and diplomats say, to prevent the kind of open disunity over Ukraine that marred the gathering two years ago,” the New York Times reports.
“But two things could leave the alliance’s secretary general, Mark Rutte, presiding over a more difficult event: President Trump, who is expected to attend, is at odds with allies over Ukraine’s future.
And Ukraine itself wants to join NATO, an outcome Mr. Trump opposes.”