The President rode in on a wave of momentum, but events during his trip revealed the risks of his disruptive approach:

The President of the Government did not express his rejection of reaching 5% of GDP during the meeting, while before and after he did. The difference: the presence of the U.S. leader. Pedro Sánchez did not make any plea or argue his rejection to increase military spending beyond 2% of GDP during the NATO leaders' meeting.

NATO’s summit in the Netherlands has been described as “transformational” and “historic.” The 32 members of the world’s biggest security organization endorsed a plan to massively ramp up defense spending.