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"I just want loyalty": Trump's Iran grudge hangs over NATO summit
President Trump expresses fury at NATO allies for refusing to support U.S. actions against Iran, publicly humiliating leaders like Italy's Giorgia Meloni and the UK's Keir Starmer. Pentagon has reduced U.S. military presence in Europe, including cutting Army brigade deployments and limiting NATO crisis resources.
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