On May 25, President Donald Trump presented a budget request to Congress that would boost spending for an Obama-era buildup of U.S. military forces in Europe meant to deter Russia from military provocations and show NATO and its European partners that the U.S. is committed to their defense.
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(Front row from L) King Philippe - Filip of Belgium, NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg, US President Donald Trump, Britain's Prime Minister Theresa May, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, (second row from L) French President Emmanuel Macron, German Chancellor Angela Merkel, Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras, Hungary's Prime Minister Viktor Orban, Iceland's Prime Minister Bjarni Benediktsson, Italian Prime Minister Paolo Gentiloni, (third row from L) Norway's Prime Minister Erna Solberg, Polish President Andrzej Duda, Portuguese Prime Minister Antonio Costa, Romanian President Klaus Werner Iohannis, Slovakia's President Andrej Kiska, Slovenian Prime Minister Miro Cerar pose for a family picture during the NATO (North Atlantic Treaty Organization) summit at the NATO headquarters, in Brussels, on May 25.
