Donald Trump has long been critical of NATO, and now he’s threatening to pull the U.S. out of the alliance.
He is also calling out two countries that he thinks aren’t doing enough and aren’t involved in the Iran war.
”A paper tiger”
Relations between Washington and its NATO partners have grown increasingly strained amid Trump’s ongoing war with Iran, which many European allies have refused to join or support.
In a new interview with The Telegraph, Trump said he is seriously considering leaving NATO once the Iran war ends.
“Oh yes, I would say [it’s] beyond reconsideration,” he told the British paper.
The U.S. was one of NATO’s 12 original members alongside Britain, Belgium, Canada, Denmark, France, Iceland, Italy, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, Norway and Portugal. Today there are 32 member countries.
During the interview with The Telegraph, Trump repeated his long‑standing criticism of the alliance, saying, “I was never swayed by NATO. I always knew they were a paper tiger, and Putin knows that too, by the way.”
