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Foreign Affairs Bring the Troops Home, Mr. President It’s time to call Europe’s bluff. (Photo by Win McNamee/Getty Images) The latest NATO summit is in the books. This year’s confab in Ankara, Turkey, featured less drama than some had expected. Yes, President Trump demanded Greenland and threatened to cut trade ties with Spain. But he confirmed that the United States would not leave the alliance, at least for now, and pronounced the summit “tremendously successful.” “The unity in that room was incredible,” he told reporters, “really a love, it was sort of pretty wild.” Together with the revelation …Open
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