We're shooting at tankers in the Hormuz Strait while negotiating troop withdrawals over brunch in Ankara.
When your crisis gets its own Wikipedia article before the insurance claims are filed, something has gone structurally wrong.
▸ Wikipedia — 2026 Strait of Hormuz crisisThreatening to abandon NATO allies while demanding sovereignty over someone else's island is a bold negotiating position even by 2020s standards.
▸ Wikipedia — At the NATO summit in Ankara, Turkey, U.S. president Donald Trump renews his calls for the United States to control Greenland, and says that the U.S. could remove troops from EuropLifting sanctions on Turkish missile purchases at a NATO summit addressing maritime security threats demonstrates exquisite comedic timing.
▸ Wikipedia — Trump says that the U.S. will lift sanctions against Turkey that were imposed in 2020 over its purchase of Russian defense missiles. (Defense News)