NATO's Annual Circus Comes to Turkey
Eric and Eliot catch up for the first time in a month after returning from overseas.
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Playback speed×Share postShare post at current timeShare from 0:000:00/Preview111NATO's Annual Circus Comes to TurkeyEric S. Edelman and Eliot A CohenJul 13, 2026∙ Paid111ShareEric and Eliot catch up for the first time in a month after returning from overseas. They break down the latest jackassery, from Graham Platner’s campaign implosion to Recep Tayyip Erdoğan gifting revolvers and live, gold-plated ammunition to the heads of state at the recent NATO summit. They assess the NATO summit more broadly and note the caveats to Trump’s promise to provide Ukraine a license to produce Patriot missile defense interceptors. Eric unpacks his recent Bulwark piece on the conspiracy of silence at the gathering related to Turkey’s democratic backsliding.
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