Nato leaders agree not to mention World Cup to Donald Trump to avoid irritating him

According to the Guardian, NATO leaders at their Ankara summit have established an unusual ground rule: no World Cup talk when Trump is around. The idea is to keep the US president's mood steady while the alliance navigates sensitive negotiations over defense spending and NATO's future. European officials fear that even casual sports chat could distract him at a critical moment.

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