NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte listens to U.S. Ambassador to NATO Matthew Whitaker, left, speak during a forum hosted by The Chicago Council on Global Affairs, Tuesday, Sept. 22, 2026, in Des Moines, Iowa. (AP Photo/Charlie Neibergall)

NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte speaks during a forum hosted by The Chicago Council on Global Affairs, Tuesday, Sept. 22, 2026, in Des Moines, Iowa. (AP Photo/Charlie Neibergall)

NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte speaks during a forum hosted by The Chicago Council on Global Affairs, Tuesday, Sept. 22, 2026, in Des Moines, Iowa. (AP Photo/Charlie Neibergall)

Parents and relatives wait for their children exit in a school in downtown Rome, Thursday, Sept. 24, 2026. (AP Photo/Alessandra Tarantino)

Parents and relatives wait for their children exit a school in downtown Rome, Thursday, Sept. 24, 2026. (AP Photo/Alessandra Tarantino)

Jannatur Nayeem, 33, an Italian citizen of Bangladeshi origin, top left face to the camera, chats with other mothers as they wait for a sports lesson to end at a school in downtown Rome, Thursday, Sept. 24, 2026. (AP Photo/Alessandra Tarantino)

Jannatur Nayeem, 33, an Italian citizen of Bangladeshi origin, top left, chats with other mothers as they wait for a sports lesson to end at a school in downtown Rome, Thursday, Sept. 24, 2026. (AP Photo/Alessandra Tarantino)

A fan holds up a sign in the first half of a WNBA basketball game between the Connecticut Sun and the Toronto Tempo, Thursday, Sept. 24, 2026, in Uncasville, Conn. (AP Photo/Jessica Hill)