ADDITION Turkey NATO Summit

Front row from left, U.S. Ambassador to Turkey Tom Barrack, U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent, U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio and U.S. Ambassador to NATO Matthew G. Whitaker attend the formal welcome for President Donald Trump at the NATO summit at the Bestepe Presidential Palace in Ankara, Turkey, Tuesday, July 7, 2026.

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The Latest: President Trump pleases Turkey, irks other allies ahead of NATO summit

The Latest: President Trump pleases Turkey, irks other allies ahead of NATO summit

U.S. President Donald Trump has met with Turkish leader Recep Tayyip Erdoğan ahead of the NATO summit in Ankara. He announced that the U.S. will lift sanctions, opening the possibility of selling F-35 jets to Turkey over Israel’s objections. Trump also criticized NATO’s capacity without American leadership and power, expressing disappointment at the refusal of some NATO allies to join the Iran war he launched alongside Israel without consulting them. Trump also insisted that Greenland should be “controlled by the United States, not by Denmark.”