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Trump injects uncertainty into NATO summit, promises to 'hit Iran hard'

WBUR | By Here & Now Newsroom
Published July 8, 2026 at 9:52 AM MDT
U.S. President Donald Trump meets with Syrian President Ahmad al-Sharaa on the sidelines of the NATO summit in Ankara, Turkey, Wednesday, July 8, 2026. (Alex Brandon/AP)
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U.S. President Donald Trump meets with Syrian President Ahmad al-Sharaa on the sidelines of the NATO summit in Ankara, Turkey, Wednesday, July 8, 2026. (Alex Brandon/AP)

Here & Now‘s Indira Lakshmanan speaks with former Biden administration deputy national security adviser Jon Finer about the latest from the NATO summit in Turkey, where President Trump vowed to escalate military strikes against Iran and is trying to hammer out a security guarantee for Ukraine in the war with Russia.

This article was originally published on WBUR.org.

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