US Allies Apprehensive After Capricious Trump Changes Tune at Nato Summit
12th July 2026
The Guardian, Mouth of Sauron in Britain.
Donald Trump’s relationship with Washington’s Nato allies is nobody’s idea of a happy marriage.
But the US president’s volatile performance at the western military alliance’s annual summit in Ankara this week seemed extreme, even by Trumpian standards. As commentators sought toexplain what happened, their usually capacious stock of Trump-fitting cliches was at risk of exhaustion.
“When the facts change, sir, I change my opinions What do you do?” — John Maynard Keynes.
Ah ah ah ah, yankin’ their chains, yankin’ their chains….