The Midweek Update - HE ALMOST DIDN'T GO: Why Trump Snubbed NATO for Erdogan - July 8, 2026
The cannons saluted Trump; a finance minister met everyone else. But the real tell wasn't the welcome in Ankara — it was Putin's 85-minute phone call, and a Europe promising a war economy it can no longer build. Susan Kokinda on the century of geopolitics quietly coming apart.