Stung By Trump At G-7, Allies Look For Better Outcome At NATO Summit

Air Force One after lands in Bagotville, Canada, in June. At the G-7 meeting there, President Trump threw traditional U.S. allies into disarray over his trade and security policies.

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NATO leaders are hoping their summit in Brussels this week will not suffer the same fate as last month’s Group of 7 meeting, which unraveled over trade disputes with President Trump.

“They are still licking their wounds from what happened at the G-7,” said Julie Smith, a senior fellow at the Center for a New American Security. “They’re looking for an opportunity to kind of put forward a counter-narrative that the trans-Atlantic partners are united.”

But with tensions still running high between the U.S. and its allies, unity may be hard to come by.