President Donald Trump arrives in Ankara, Turkey, for a high-stakes NATO Summit. Key discussions involve the F-35 fighter jet program, Turkey's S-400 Russian defense system acquisition and increased defense spending from NATO allies. Fox News' Lucas Tomlinson reports the latest and Dr. Rebecca Grant weighs in.
A top Democratic senator admitted on CBS News that he believes President Donald Trump "wisely" made the critical demand to NATO allies to spend more on defense.
Sen. Dick Durbin, D-Ill., who is in Turkey this week as part of a bipartisan congressional delegation to NATO, spoke with CBS News when an anchor laughingly asked him about Trump’s "strange relationship with NATO over his push for them to spend more on security." The anchor asked Durbin, "Where does this relationship go from here?"
In response, Durbin described Trump’s relationship with NATO as a "back-and-forth, love-and-hate relationship." He went on to say that "the president has, I think, wisely asked for our NATO allies, there are 32 members of NATO, to spend more of their own money to protect themselves."
TRUMP ENTERS FINAL NATO SUMMIT DAY AS UKRAINE, DEFENSE SPENDING TAKE CENTER STAGE
Sen. Dick Durbin (right), D-Ill., said that President Donald Trump (left) "wisely" asked NATO allies to increase their defense spending. (SAUL LOEB / AFP via Getty Images; Graeme Sloan/Bloomberg via Getty Images)
Durbin, who has served in the Senate for nearly 30 years, is the minority whip and ranking member of the influential Judiciary Committee. He is in Ankara, Turkey's capital, as part of a congressional delegation led by Sen. Jeanne Shaheen, D-N.H., to the 2026 NATO Summit. Trump is also attending the summit, accompanied by Secretary of State Marco Rubio, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth and National Security Adviser Michael Waltz.
Durbin did not spend all his time praising the president. Spea
