Leaders gather for historic Nato summit

Nato Secretary-General Mark Rutte praised President Donald Trump for making Europe “pay in a BIG way," as allied leaders gathered in the Netherlands on Tuesday for a historic summit that could unite them around a new defense spending pledge or widen divisions among the 32 member countries.

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The Nato chief also said he had no doubt the United States is committed to the alliance’s Article 5 mutual defence clause, after remarks by Trump cast renewed doubt on his willingness to protect allies.

The US president, while flying aboard Air Force One en route to The Hague, published a screenshot of a private message from Rutte saying: “Donald, you have driven us to a really, really important moment for America and Europe and the world. You will achieve something no American president in decades could get done.”