U.S. political scene sees Trump’s NATO push and growing ‘socialism chic’ among urban elites

Donald Trump arrived in Ankara for a two‑day NATO summit, urging the alliance’s members to meet a 5 % of GDP defence‑spending target and meeting with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and Russian President Vladimir Putin. Russian forces launched 68 missiles and 350 drones at the Kyiv region overnight, killing at least 21 people. Trump also met Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni, reviving a strained personal rapport.

In parallel, commentary on recent U.S. elections describes a shift toward “socialism chic,” where socialist‑leaning candidates such as Darializa Avila Chevalier in New York’s 13th district and Janeese Lewis George in the Washington, D.C. mayoral race performed poorly among working‑class voters but gained traction with affluent, college‑educated constituents. The analysis notes that contemporary American socialist supporters are typically highly educated urban voters rather than traditional labor‑class bases.