NATO Considering Less Frequent Summits

0:00On April 27, NATO is thinking about dropping its annual summits, according to six sources who spoke to Reuters. The ideas to skip the yearly gatherings that started in summer of 2021, possibly to dodge drama with President Trump during his last year in office. Trump's been blasting other NATO members for not stepping up on defense spending and support for U.S. ops against Iran. Leaders have met every summer lately, like this year's in Ankara on July 7th and 8th, with some diplomats from member countries want to slow it. Down to every two years, or even skip 2028, the U.S. election year, diplomats argue fewer summits mean better focus, without pressure for flashy results than mess up long-term plans. Once at quality discussions matter more than constant meetings, echoing views that bad summits hurt more than help. Analysts point out NATO only had eight summits during the entire Cold War decades, and recent ones like last year's in the hey got tense over. Trump's push for 5% GDP on defense, which allies kind of met by splitting it into core

1:02and broader spending. All this comes amid Trump's threats to quit the alliance, claims on Greenland from Denmark and past walk-out scares. Broughter factors are at play too, letting NATO handle real business without the spotlight chaos. Powered by AI, this is U.S. News Today.