NATO leaders meet in Ankara after Trump rekindles disputes over Iran, Greenland

NATO's European leaders aim to convince Donald Trump on Wednesday to re-commit to the military alliance at a summit in Ankara after the U.S. president revived his disputes with them over the Iran war and Greenland.



Following his arrival in the Turkish capital on Tuesday, Trump said he might have boycotted the summit had it not been for his friendship with the host, President Tayyip Erdogan, and he did not rule out further troop withdrawals from Europe.



Earlier in the day, NATO sought to demonstrate that its European members were heeding Trump's calls to spend more on their own defence and rely less on the U.S. by unveiling a raft of arms deals worth at least $50 billion.



Trump, who has harshly criticised NATO during both his first and second terms in office, said he was "very disappointed" with the alliance and that the U.S. was not "treated well" during the U.S.-Israeli war on Iran.



"Why are we spending hundreds of billions of dollars, and they're not there for us? We've always been there for them," Trump said in an appearance on Tuesday alongside Erdogan.