NATO aims to flatter, but Trump remains unpredictable

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Donald Trump was in a bad mood when he left the White House Rose Garden for the NATO summit in The Netherlands. The leader of the free world spoke of Israel and Iran like they were two underperforming contractors on one of his New York construction sites. Perhaps his mood improved on Air Force One as it raced across the Atlantic — but the NATO summit in the Hague wouldn't be at the top of the president's list of things to cheer him up. He's openly criticised NATO for several years — once describing it as obsolete. Loading... Former officials...