President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelensky speaks at the NATO Summit 2025 in The Hague, The Netherlands, on June 24, 2025. After the 2026 NATO Summit, Ukraine will have the right to manufacture Patriot missiles, supercharging its defensive capabilities. (Shutterstock/Orange Pictures)

Why Volodymyr Zelensky Is the Real Winner of the NATO Summit

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President Donald Trump may be losing control of the Strait of Hormuz again, but he is nonetheless signaling a greater commitment to Ukraine’s defense.

It seems like only yesterday that President Donald Trump was praising Iran’s leadership. “We’re dealing with people that I think are very rational people,” he said in mid-June. Now Trump is back on the warpath. “They’re scum. They’re sick people. They’re led by sick people,” he said on Wednesday at the NATO summit meeting in Ankara, Turkey. “As far as I’m concerned, it’s just a waste of time dealing with them.”  

Is it? Trump is vexed by Iran’s refusal to cede control over the Strait of Hormuz. But his expressions of wrath are a confession of weakness. Trump is........

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