Trump gets a big win on NATO — but key questions over the alliance remain

NATO leaders convening Wednesday in the Netherlands delivered President Donald Trump a major win by boosting their defense spending targets.

But comments he made while flying to the conference were raising fresh concerns about his commitment to the alliance’s core principal of collective defense.

The split dynamic — where leaders tailored their gathering to appeal to Trump, even as he questions the core provision of membership — made for a charged atmosphere as the conference was getting underway at The Hague...