NATO chief faces challenge at summit as Trump demands 'loyalty' and not just burden-sharing Historically, the prime tasks of NATO’s top civilian official — always a European, never an American — have been to encourage consensus in an organization that makes its decisions unanimously, and to speak on behalf of all 32 member countries.
NATO chief faces challenge at summit as Trump demands 'loyalty' and not just burden-sharing Historically, the prime tasks of NATO’s top civilian official — always a European, never an American — have been to encourage consensus in an organization that makes its decisions unanimously, and to speak on behalf of all 32 member countries.


