Officials organising a NATO summit in The Hague this month are expected to keep it short, restrict discussion of Ukraine, and choreograph meetings so that Volodymyr Zelenskiy can somehow be in town without provoking Donald Trump.

US President Donald Trump will attend a NATO summit in The Hague later in June where his demands to ramp up defense spending will dominate the agenda, the White House said Tuesday.Trump has long criticized NATO partners for not paying their fair share and had not previously confirmed he would attend the meeting,

Donald Trump will attend the upcoming North Atlantic Treaty Organization summit at The Hague, the White House said, as the US president seeks to rally the alliance’s members to step up defense spending.