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At NATO, Trump clashes with major allies

U.S. President Donald Trump sowed division with American partners before departing a NATO summit and leaving it to other leaders to put on a united front.

Canada's Justin Trudeau and France's Emmanuel Macron mask their conflicts with America's Donald Trump
Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, left, and French President Emmanuel Macron, right, mask their conflicts with U.S. President Donald Trump while posing for a photo in between meetings in London on December 3, 2019 (AN/Shealah Craighead)

U.S. President Donald Trump sowed division with traditional American partners before departing on Wednesday from a NATO summit and leaving it to other leaders to put on a united front, despite tensions over military spending, terrorism and Turkey.

Trump canceled a scheduled news conference at the end of his trip to London for the North Atlantic Treaty Organization’s 70th anniversary meeting, where its secretary general, Jens Stoltenberg, said 29 European and North American leaders discussed Russia and the future of arms control, declared space a new operating domain and for the first time talked about what China's rise means for international security.

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