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BumRushDaShow

(174,087 posts) Mon Jul 6, 2026, 07:22 AM Yesterday

US taking stock of NATO as Trump heads to Turkey for summit

Source: ABC News

July 6, 2026, 5:04 AM

President Donald Trump will head to the NATO summit in Ankara, Turkey, this week as an unstable ceasefire between the U.S. and Iran and Trump's feud with his NATO allies continue.

The summit will be held Tuesday and Wednesday at the Beştepe Presidential Compound and chaired by NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte. The formal opening is scheduled for Tuesday and the event is expected to conclude the following day, when Trump will hold a news conference.

Trump's trip will be brief. He is expected to leave the White House Monday night and return to the U.S. on Wednesday evening.

While in Turkey, the president is expected to take part in a bilateral meetings with Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and participate in a number of working sessions.

Read more: https://abcnews.com/Politics/us-taking-stock-nato-trump-heads-turkey-summit/story?id=134444596

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US taking stock of NATO as Trump heads to Turkey for summit (Original Post) BumRushDaShow Yesterday OP

Don't mind me... Hugin Yesterday #1

"Taking stock of NATO". That's BS WestMichRad Yesterday #2

Why do they care? ananda Yesterday #6

Makes me nervous.... Bayard Yesterday #3

You're probably right. Ray Bruns Yesterday #5

. . . and "participate in" a number of working sessions. RobertDevereaux Yesterday #4

a drone takes out Qatar jet dave99 Yesterday #7

Translated Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Yesterday #8

Time for all the other NATO nations to withdraw and create their own Justice matters. Yesterday #9

the very IDEA that orange assclown is "representing" America Skittles Yesterday #10

Why "US taking stock ..." ?, should be "Trump taking stock ... " dave99 23 hrs ago #11

The "US" is not taking stock of NATO MissouriDem47 23 hrs ago #12

More accurately: "NATO taking stock of US" PSPS 23 hrs ago #13

Fresh off his 90 minute call with his Kremlin advisor. LiberalLovinLug 23 hrs ago #14

Great..Just Great. Another reality to embarrass the American citizens... chouchou 20 hrs ago #15

It's as if George Washington stage left 19 hrs ago #16

Hugin

(38,135 posts)

1. Don't mind me...

Reply to BumRushDaShow (Original post)

Mon Jul 6, 2026, 07:44 AM

Yesterday

Only a little tweak here and there.

“ … expected to ~~take part~~ nap through ~~in a~~ ( singular or plural? )bilateral meetings with Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and ~~participate in~~ stink up a number of working sessions.”

WestMichRad

(3,553 posts)

2. "Taking stock of NATO". That's BS

Reply to BumRushDaShow (Original post)

Mon Jul 6, 2026, 07:48 AM

Yesterday

Preparing to torpedo them would be more like it.

ananda

(35,919 posts)

6. Why do they care?

Reply to WestMichRad (Reply #2)

Mon Jul 6, 2026, 10:29 AM

Yesterday

They don't need Trump.

He'd just be a liability anyway.

Bayard

(30,798 posts)

3. Makes me nervous....

Reply to BumRushDaShow (Original post)

Mon Jul 6, 2026, 08:06 AM

Yesterday

I hope he's not planning to announce pulling out of NATO. Maybe that's what that 2 hour phone call with Putin was about on Saturday.

Ray Bruns

(7,046 posts)

5. You're probably right.

Reply to Bayard (Reply #3)

Mon Jul 6, 2026, 10:24 AM

Yesterday

Trump is a traitorous asshole.

RobertDevereaux

(2,049 posts)

4. . . . and "participate in" a number of working sessions.

Reply to BumRushDaShow (Original post)

Mon Jul 6, 2026, 09:50 AM

Yesterday

Misspelled "sleep through".

dave99

(794 posts)

7. a drone takes out Qatar jet

Reply to BumRushDaShow (Original post)

Mon Jul 6, 2026, 10:41 AM

Yesterday

Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin

(139,171 posts)

8. Translated

Reply to BumRushDaShow (Original post)

Mon Jul 6, 2026, 12:59 PM

Yesterday

Donny is throwing another tantrum and plans to take a shit on the conference table.

Justice matters.

(10,266 posts)

9. Time for all the other NATO nations to withdraw and create their own

Reply to BumRushDaShow (Original post)

Mon Jul 6, 2026, 01:40 PM

Yesterday

"Antifascist Alliance"

Just "copy" (adopt) the Charter and leave the Fascist nation out of it alone.

Skittles

(173,825 posts)

10. the very IDEA that orange assclown is "representing" America

Reply to BumRushDaShow (Original post)

Mon Jul 6, 2026, 02:53 PM

Yesterday

and

dave99

(794 posts)

11. Why "US taking stock ..." ?, should be "Trump taking stock ... "

Reply to BumRushDaShow (Original post)

Mon Jul 6, 2026, 04:38 PM

23 hrs ago

US has nothing to do with Republicans and Trump

MissouriDem47

(465 posts)

12. The "US" is not taking stock of NATO

Reply to BumRushDaShow (Original post)

Mon Jul 6, 2026, 04:44 PM

23 hrs ago

It is not the "US" but Trump who assessing how much damage he can do to NATO.

PSPS

(15,426 posts)

13. More accurately: "NATO taking stock of US"

Reply to BumRushDaShow (Original post)

Mon Jul 6, 2026, 04:44 PM

23 hrs ago

LiberalLovinLug

(14,792 posts)

14. Fresh off his 90 minute call with his Kremlin advisor.

Reply to BumRushDaShow (Original post)

Mon Jul 6, 2026, 05:02 PM

23 hrs ago

Its like having Putin there in person. I predict all kinds of whining and criticism from the orange oaf against his fellow NATO members.

chouchou

(3,469 posts)

15. Great..Just Great. Another reality to embarrass the American citizens...

Reply to BumRushDaShow (Original post)

Mon Jul 6, 2026, 07:31 PM

20 hrs ago

Wish he would stay home, eat hamburgers and fill up his diapers...

stage left

(3,390 posts)

16. It's as if George Washington

Reply to BumRushDaShow (Original post)

Mon Jul 6, 2026, 08:10 PM

19 hrs ago

let Benedict Arnold take charge of the Continental Army and he was getting his orders from Cornwallis.

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