Article snippet: on Tuesday night with an eye toward pushing allied members of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) to boost their defense budgets. Despite Trump's push, the heads-of-state confab risks being overshadowed by growing tensions between the U.S. president and European allies, Trump's policies outside of NATO and his summit with Russian President Vladimir Putin, which is scheduled to take place days later. U.S. ambassador to NATO Kay Bailey Hutchison told reporters last week that the theme of this year's summit will be “strength and unity.” And while NATO’s secretary-general noted that the alliance has survived past disputes, he has acknowledged growing divisions among allies. On the heels of a tense summit for the Group of Seven (G-7) industrialized nations last month, NATO watchers are hoping leaders put on a happy face in Brussels and get through the meeting without any major incidents. Here are five things to watch at this week’s summit: Do Trump and other leaders get along? Allies largely played nice with Trump in the early days of his presidency, hoping to charm him into changing his position on issues such as the Paris climate agreement, tariffs and the Iran nuclear deal. But Trump defied those efforts and has openly criticized other world leaders, leading to various disputes with the heads of global powers that have long relied on the U.S. The G-7 appeared to mark a turning point, with Angela Merkel’s office releasing a photo of the German chancellor... Link to the full article to read more