NPR News: 07-09-2026 1AM EDT

Giles Snyder· Host0:00

Live from NPR News, I'm Giles Snyder. President Trump is aboard Air Force One on his way back to Washington, D.C., following the NATO summit in Turkey that started with divisions over the Iran war, but ended on a more positive note. NPR's Franco Ordoñez.

Franco Ordoñez0:17

I mean, as we know, Trump's long been frustrated with NATO leaders over their lack of support for the US-led war against Iran, but he also made several complaints about them about defense spending. Trump even stoked those tensions in the beginning when he insisted early that the US should again have control of Greenland instead of Denmark, a comment that he knows, and even admitted kind of, that hurts his relationship with Europe. But at the press conference, Trump really flipped the script and showered NATO leaders with praise.

Giles Snyder· Host0:47

Trump is returning to the White House amid a new round of attacks by both the US and Iran. Democrat Grand Platner is ending his campaign for US Senate in Maine after being accused of rape. Platner continues to deny the allegations, and as NPR's Tamara Keith reports, he got some sympathy from President Trump.

Tamara Keith1:06

Platner's campaign went into a tailspin on Monday when Politico published the account of a woman he once dated who said he sexually assaulted her. In an eleven-minute video that ended with Platner dropping out of the race, he insisted it never happened. On Air Force One, President Trump was asked about Platner.

Donald Trump· Soundbite1:26

It's really a question of whether or not you believe the woman.