President Trump is expected to attend the NATO leaders' summit in Brussels in May, the White House said. "The President looks forward to meeting with his NATO counterparts to reaffirm our strong commitment to NATO, and to discuss issues critical to the alliance, especially allied responsibility-sharing and NATO's role in the fight against terrorism," White House The news comes after Secretary of State Rex Tillerson decided to skip out on a NATO foreign ministers' meeting next month. Instead, Tillerson will host Chinese President Xi Jinping later this month before taking a trip to Russia in April. Tillerson's decision to meet with China and Russia and avoiding NATO has sparked controversy among European diplomats.