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The Iran conflict's aftershocks have reached the NATO summit table in Ankara, where the fracture between Washington and its European allies has hardened past skepticism into open contempt.
President Donald Trump, who has publicly humiliated several allied leaders since the Iran war, arrives in Turkey on Tuesday still demanding what no defense-spending chart can buy: loyalty.
Allied refusals deepen the rupture Trump's anger centers on allies who refused to open air bases for U.S. strikes on Iran or send forces to help reopen the Strait of Hormuz.
He has mocked Italy's Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni, claiming she "begged" him for a photo at the G7 and posting a meme with the caption "Restraining order needed." He called U.K.
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