How NATO is Surviving Donald J. Trump
Martin A. Smith
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Feb 15 2026
gints.ivuskans/DepositphotosBy the end of the first year of President Donald Trumps second term in the White House, descriptions ofsystemic crisisin or even predictions ofthe end ofthe transatlantic security alliance were commonplace. And yet NATO had not only survived, but by January 2026 was taking on new roles and responsibilities playing a more important ro