ANKARA: NATO allies showcased surging defence spending with new arms contracts worth billions at a summit in Türkiye on Tuesday (Jul 7) as they sought to placate US President Donald Trump's fury over Europe's response to the war with Iran.The two-day gathering at Ankara's sprawling presidential palace comes a year after NATO members pledged to ramp up security-related spending to five per cent of GDP under pressure from the US leader.NATO chief Mark Rutte has insisted European countries are "delivering" by bolstering military budgets and moving to take more responsibility for the defence of their continent in the face of Russia.In bid to impress Trump before he touched down in Ankara, NATO kicked off with a string of arms announcements at a glitzy defence industry forum ahead of the main s