# Ankara Summit

The Art of the Alliance: Rutte’s Visual Diplomacy Meets Trump’s Loyalty Test

NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte met with President Trump to ease tensions following U.S. complaints about a lack of support in the Iran conflict. While Rutte used visual diplomacy to emphasize the alliance's value, major European powers are concurrently accelerating their own defense industrial integration to hedge against potential U.S. isolationism.