ANKARA, Turkey (AP) – President Donald Trump surprised NATO leaders he is meeting with in Turkey by launching a series of strikes on Iran late Tuesday and revoking a license that allowed Tehran to sell its oil on the world market, a major twist for a summit that had been aimed at showcasing how alliance members were stepping up spending on defense and focusing on support for Ukraine’s war with Russia.

ANKARA, Turkey (AP) – President Donald Trump on Tuesday insisted that the United States should be in control of Greenland rather than NATO ally Denmark, repeating an assertion that has raised deep tensions in Europe even as the trans-Atlantic military alliance was announcing billions in arms deals in an attempt to appease the mercurial U.S. leader.

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U.S. President Donald Trump has met with Turkish leader Recep Tayyip Erdoğan ahead of the NATO summit in Ankara, announcing that the U.S. will lift sanctions, opening the possibility of selling F-35 jets to Turkey over Israel’s objections.

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Trump repeats his insistence that the US should control Greenland

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