NATO announced defense‑industry agreements worth billions of dollars for advanced drones, surveillance aircraft and other military projects. President Donald Trump gave Ukraine a licence to produce Patriot air‑defence systems and met Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy on the sidelines of the NATO summit in Ankara.

According to bluesky, President Donald Trump and NATO leaders convened in Ankara for the NATO summit. Dawn reported that NATO Secretary‑General Mark Rutte called for a defence‑industry “revolution” across the alliance. Gdelt noted that NATO operates a fleet of 14 AWACS early‑warning radar surveillance planes that are about 50 years old and that a deal was announced for Swedish manufacturer Saab to supply up to 10 new GlobalEye surveillance aircraft.

Kyivindependent reported that allied countries pledged $80 billion in defence aid for 2026. Apnews.com reported that President Donald Trump demanded that the United States should control Greenland and that Denmark’s Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen rejected the demand. Middleeasteye reported that President Trump was greeted on the tarmac by Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and a presidential guard, and that he was scheduled to hold talks with Erdogan at the presidential palace before joining an official leaders’ dinner.

Apnews.com also reported that President Trump said the cease‑fire between the United States and Iran was “just a waste of time dealing with them.” Gdelt reported that President Trump branded NATO a “paper tiger.”