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Trump blasts NATO for rejecting his efforts to claim Greenland as leaders hold summit
ANKARA: US President Donald Trump took aim at his NATO partners at a summit in Türkiye on Wednesday (Jul 8), saying he was unhappy with the alliance for pushing back against his efforts to take control of Greenland and for not supporting his war in Iran.NATO's European members plus Canada have scrambled to meet the increased defence spending targets Trump has demanded, as the US draws down the number of troops it has in Europe and insists that the continent take more responsibility for its own security.But Trump reopened old wounds as he arrived at the meeting of 32 NATO leaders by insisting again that the United States should control Greenland, a semiautonomous Danish territory. He blasted some European countries for refusing to participate in the Iran campaign, singling out Spain as “a t
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