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Welcome back to Foreign Policy’s Situation Report, where John is getting a much-needed and well-deserved recharge at the beach ahead of what is sure to be an eventful NATO summit. He and I will be in Ankara, Turkey, for that summit next week and will be bringing you scenes and snippets from the ground in a series of SitRep pop-up editions. Drop us a line if you want to catch up over Turkish coffee, especially if you’re NATO Secretary-General Mark Rutte.

Alright, here’s what’s on tap for the day: Trump is (still) not happy with NATO, Anthropic gets another break, and U.S.-Iran talks tick along with little to show for them.

Welcome back to Foreign Policy’s Situation Report, where John is getting a much-needed and well-deserved recharge at the beach ahead of what is sure to be an eventful NATO summit. He and I will be in Ankara, Turkey, for that summit next week and will be bringing you scenes and snippets from the ground in a series of SitRep pop-up editions. Drop us a line if you want to catch up over Turkish coffee, especially if you’re NATO Secretary-General Mark Rutte.

Alright, here’s what’s on tap for the day: Trump is (still) not happy with NATO, Anthropic gets another break, and U.S.-Iran talks tick along with little to show for them.

Trump Rails at NATO (Again)

Nothing is certain in this world besides death, taxes, and Donald Trump criticizing NATO. The U.S. president slammed the alliance for the umpteenth time on Thursday morning, returning to his frequent complaint about the United States subsidizing the other 31 members. “The United States spends more money on NATO than any other country, by far, to protect them, without getting any benefit from so doing,” he wrote on Truth Social, adding that it was “ridiculous.”

Trump’s long-standing disdain for the alliance may be old hat at this point, but it’s certainly not the message NATO’s European member states and Canada want to hear just days before Trump travels to Ankara for the summit.

Last week, Trump joked that he’s only going to the summit because of his affinity for Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan. Rutte, who was sitting next to him in the Oval Office at the time, quipped: “You would have........

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