Ahead of the NATO summit in July, President Donald Trump's
advisers were worried about another clash like the one that took place at the G7 in early June.
•To head off a potential showdown, White House advisers pushed NATO officials to finish a final agreement before the summit even began.
•Trump was only shown a broad outline of the directive, rather than the full text, which officials on both sides of the Atlantic praised.
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