Turkey Becomes Crucial to Europe's Security as America Steps Back

With Trump pulling away from NATO, Europe is turning to Turkey—not out of friendship, but necessity. Turkey has a strong military, makes its own drones, and controls the narrow straits that connect the Black Sea to the Mediterranean, choking off shipping if it wanted. European leaders don't trust Erdogan but know they can't defend Eastern Europe without him. Turkey, long an awkward ally, suddenly holds real power.