AP, ANKARA NATO yesterday showcased a series of military projects worth billions of dollars in an attempt to persuade US President Donald Trump that US allies are converting fresh defense spending into real firepower.“It’s money well spent,” an energized NATO Secretary-General Mark Rutte told government ministers and defense industry officials on the sidelines of a summit in Turkey. He was speaking at a defense industry forum billed as NATO’s “big reveal,” to the sound of techno music and a video display. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy, left, and NATO Secretary-General Mark Rutte attend a press conference at the NATO Defense Industry Forum in Ankara yesterday. Photo: EPA Trump, who arrived in Ankara later yesterday, has called NATO a “paper tiger” that would cease to function with