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President Trump is planning to hold a news conference at the conclusion of the NATO summit in the Netherlands as the world watches to see whether a 

Trump traveled to the summit on Tuesday, the morning after announcing the ceasefire, which came days after the United States 

joined Israel's attacks on key Iranian nuclear facilities

. Trump has claimed that the U.S. strikes destroyed Iran's ability to build nuclear weapons, but an 

early classified U.S. intelligence assessment

 said the bombs caused only limited damage, setting Tehran's nuclear program back "a few months."

The White House has dismissed that assessment. 

On Wednesday Trump said it was "very inconclusive"

 and said he continues to believe it was severe. 

At NATO, allies were working on a new commitment that would see countries commit 5 percent of their gross domestic product to defense spending by 2035, up from 2 percent. Trump has long called for allies to boost their spending, saying that the United States was paying more than its fair share. The U.S. contributes 

But on his way to the summit, Trump told reporters that the new goal didn't apply to U.S. spending. "They're in Europe. We're not," he said. He also expressed some ambivalence to Article 5, the mutual defense clause in the NATO treaty that says an attack on one member is considered an attack on all, adding to long-held fears among European allies that Trump would not back them in the event of an attack.

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The news conference is scheduled for 9 a.m. ET at the conclusion of the summit in the Netherlands as the world watches to see whether a ceasefire between Israel and Iran will endure.

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