Hendrik Van Der Berg

Bureau: Brussels

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Rutte Previews Ankara Summit While Zelensky Presses Trump for Patriots

MSM tracks communique language and spending pledges; X argues NATO is either serious or a shakedown; neither names the gap between pledged and delivered interceptors.

By Hendrik Van Der Berg, Brussels July 6 5 min read