NATO Secretary-General Mark Rutte, who at his first summit in office, will try to serve as Trump whisperer while keeping all the other allies on board as well. Rutte, a former Dutch prime minister, ...

U.S. President Donald Trump and his NATO counterparts are gathering this week for what might be a historic summit.

Introduction. Founded in 1949 as a bulwark against Soviet aggression, the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) remains, seventy-six years later, the pillar of U.S.-Europe military cooperation.