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Trump tempers fury with allies and ends 'tremendously successful' NATO summit on high note

European leaders showcased their surging defence spending at the summit as they looked to convince Trump they're making good on a pledge to ramp up budgets and take more responsibility for their own security.

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00:01In a turn of events, US President Donald Trump hailed what he called a very successful summit.
00:07He also applauded NATO member states.
00:10It comes as just earlier in the day Trump lashed out over NATO's allies' failure to back his war in
00:15Iran.
00:16Trump also threatened to cut trade with Spain and insisted he still wants NATO member Denmark's territory of Greenland.
00:24Superstars, actually. But we want to thank you very much. We've had a tremendous time and I think a great
00:31success.
00:33And we just and it's a big it's a lot of speeches. We kept it short, but it's too bad.
00:40The press couldn't have seen what we what we were doing in that room because it was very smart people.
00:48And they have a lot of good in their heart, not evil. Good.
00:52Behind closed doors, however, Trump had reassured his counterparts he wanted the US to stay in the military alliance, according
00:59to a source inside the session.
01:02NATO Chief Mark Rutte insisted that despite the disagreements, the alliance was emerging stronger from the summit in Turkey,
01:08with allies unveiling tens of billions in new arms contracts.

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