Nato leaders meet in Turkey for summit after Trump renews calls for US to take over Greenland – Europe live

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Key context: <p>Meeting begins this morning after president threatens to pull American troops out of Europe as he arrived in Ankara yesterday</p><ul><li><p><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/jul/07/trump-renews-call-us-take-over-greenland-nato">Trump renews call for US to take over Greenland as he arrives for Nato summit</a></p></li></ul><p><strong>Rutte</strong> says he understands <strong>Trump’s</strong> frustrations, but insists these are “isolated” cases, with many European countries helping out. He <em>very</em> softly pushes back on some specific countries that Trump named earlier, including Germany and France.</p><p><strong>Trump comes back with pointed criticism of the UK</strong> which “would not let us use the island for two weeks,” <strong>and Italy</strong> being “very bad.”</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/live/2026/jul/08/trump-nato-summit-greenland-us-turkey-rutte-marine-le-pen-europe-latest-news-updates">Continue reading...</a> This development from The Guardian highlights ongoing changes in the sector.