NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte (L) and Turkey's President Recep Tayyip Erdogan (R) greets France's President Emmanuel Macron as he arrives for the NATO Summit at Bestepe Presidential Compound in Ankara, Turkey, July 8, 2026. The summit comes at a fraught time for the 77-year-old transatlantic alliance, with the US President demanding members make good on a pledge to ramp up defence spending as Washington takes a step back from Europe. (Photo by SAUL LOEB / AFP via Getty Images)

WASHINGTON, DC - JULY 08: NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte ushers U.S. President Donald Trump off the stage during a welcome ceremony of allied heads of state and government, on July 08, 2026 in Ankara, Turkey. Leaders from NATO's 32 countries, plus NATO allies like Ukraine, gathered in the Turkish capital to discuss a range of issues involving spending targets, defense industrial production, and support for Ukraine, among other topics. (Photo by Win McNamee/Getty Images)

NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte (L) and Turkey's President Recep Tayyip Erdogan (R) greets Lithuania's President Gitanas Nauseda as he arrives for the NATO Summit at Bestepe Presidential Compound in Ankara, Turkey, July 8, 2026. The summit comes at a fraught time for the 77-year-old transatlantic alliance, with the US President demanding members make good on a pledge to ramp up defence spending as Washington takes a step back from Europe. (Photo by SAUL LOEB / AFP via Getty Images)

NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte (L) and Turkey's President Recep Tayyip Erdogan (R) greets Hungary's Prime Minister Peter Magyar as he arrives for the NATO Summit at Bestepe Presidential Compound in Ankara, Turkey, July 8, 2026. The summit comes at a fraught time for the 77-year-old transatlantic alliance, with the US President demanding members make good on a pledge to ramp up defence spending as Washington takes a step back from Europe. (Photo by SAUL LOEB / AFP via Getty Images)

NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte (L) and Turkey's President Recep Tayyip Erdogan (R) greets Hungary's Prime Minister Peter Magyar as he arrives for the NATO Summit at Bestepe Presidential Compound in Ankara, Turkey, July 8, 2026. The summit comes at a fraught time for the 77-year-old transatlantic alliance, with the US President demanding members make good on a pledge to ramp up defence spending as Washington takes a step back from Europe. (Photo by SAUL LOEB / AFP via Getty Images)

WASHINGTON, DC - JULY 08: (L-R) NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte, President of France Emmanuel Macron and President of Turkey Recep Tayyip Erdoğan during a welcome ceremony of allied heads of state and government, on July 08, 2026 in Ankara, Turkey. Leaders from NATO's 32 countries, plus NATO allies like Ukraine, gathered in the Turkish capital to discuss a range of issues involving spending targets, defense industrial production, and support for Ukraine, among other topics. (Photo by Win McNamee/Getty Images)

WASHINGTON, DC - JULY 08: NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte (L) speaks with U.S. President Donald Trump (C) during a welcome ceremony with British Primer Minister Keir Starmer (R) and other allied heads of state and government, on July 08, 2026 in Ankara, Turkey. Leaders from NATO's 32 countries, plus NATO allies like Ukraine, gathered in the Turkish capital to discuss a range of issues involving spending targets, defense industrial production, and support for Ukraine, among other topics. (Photo by Win McNamee/Getty Images)

WASHINGTON, DC - JULY 08: Karol Nawrocki (L), President of Poland, and Luís Montenegro (R), Prime Minister of Portugal, react as Emmanuel Macron, President of France walks on stage during a welcome ceremony and family photo on July 07, 2026 in Ankara, Turkey. Leaders from NATO's 32 countries, plus NATO allies like Ukraine, gathered in the Turkish capital to discuss a range of issues involving spending targets, defense industrial production, and support for Ukraine, among other topics. (Photo by Win McNamee/Getty Images)