🔶 NATO unveils major arms deals before meeting with Trump NATO leaders in Ankara are unveiling arms deals worth tens of billions of dollars. The move, ahead of the meeting with Trump at the summit of heads of state, is considered a response to Washington’s request to increase Europe’s defense spending. Before meeting with Donald Trump, president of the United States, European governments, at a summit of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization, unveiled major arms contracts during the “NATO Defense Industry Forum” in Ankara. Trump is scheduled to arrive in Ankara today, Tuesday, July 7 (16 Tir), to meet with Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, president of Turkey, and then join other leaders of the North Atlantic military alliance at the summit. The summit will begin on the evening of Tuesday with a dinner reception.