WATFORD, England — President Trump often ends his foreign jaunts with a grand flourish: a solo news conference where he plays the flamboyant diplomat, riffing on the trip, establishing dominance — and, most important, offering his final version of reality before blowing out of town.
That Trump slunk out of the NATO summit here Wednesday after hastily canceling his planned news conference underscored just how unsettling he found his two-day visit.
French President Emmanuel Macron had confronted Trump on areas of disagreement, and a video surfaced of Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau privately mocking the American president in a huddle with Macron and other world leaders during a Buckingham Palace reception.