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AXIOS (Mike Zapler) - Trump bears down on NATO

What looked like a typical round of President Trump insulting European leaders last weekend could turn into a wholesale reordering of the trans-Atlantic relationship. Why it matters: Administration officials are pointing to Europe's reluctance to get involved in Iran to question why the U.S. should continue underwriting its defense. - Against that backdrop, NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte is due in Washington tomorrow for what may be the alliance's most consequential encounter with Trump since his return to office. Zoom in: In the course of a few days late last week, Trump and his top officials rattled some of America's closest allies. - Trump said Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni "begged" him to take a picture with her at the…

What looked like a typical round of President Trump insulting European leaders last weekend could turn into a wholesale reordering of the trans-Atlantic relationship. Why it matters: Administration officials are pointing to Europe's reluctance to get involved in Iran to question why the U.S. should continue underwriting its defense. - Against that backdrop, NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte is due in Washington tomorrow for what may be the alliance's most consequential encounter with Trump since his return to office. Zoom in: In the course of a few days late last week, Trump and his top officials rattled some of America's closest allies. - Trump said Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni "begged" him to take a picture with her at the…Open