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aljazeera.com
Trump administration signals it is mulling NATO withdrawal after Iran war | Donald Trump News | Al Jazeera
... US President Donald Trump holds ... on January 21, 2026 [Jonathan Ernst/Reuters] ... <strong>United States President Donald Trump has reportedly discussed withdrawing from NATO</strong>, the transatlantic alliance that has been a central pillar ...
independent.co.uk
Trump rants ‘NATO wasn’t there’ as he reportedly weighs plans to punish allies unhelpful with Iran war | The Independent
"<strong>No, no, no, no, because NATO has always taken the position that degrading these capabilities of nuclear and ballistic missiles [in Iran] is crucial</strong>," he said. Trump's disdain for NATO is not new.
reuters.com
Trump criticizes NATO over Iran in meeting with alliance's boss | Reuters
<strong>Trump has repeatedly called NATO a "paper tiger" and threatened to withdraw from the 32-member transatlantic alliance in recent weeks</strong>, arguing that Washington's European allies have relied on U.S.
nytimes.com
Every Trump Threat to Abandon NATO Hollows It Out - The New York Times
Since his re-election, <strong>President Trump has threatened to leave the NATO alliance several times</strong>. On Wednesday, he did it again, frustrated that European nations had refused to join the so-far indecisive United States-Israeli war against Iran.
aljazeera.com
Trump slams NATO over Iran after meeting Rutte, renews Greenland threat | NATO News | Al Jazeera
She said Trump would have a “very frank and candid conversation” with the NATO chief and quoted the US president as saying: “They were tested, and they failed.” · The rhetoric has raised seats in the West that Trump could move to withdraw the US from the transatlantic alliance, which he has repeatedly called a “paper tiger”. Several NATO members refused to open their airspace to US military aircraft or send naval forces to help reopen the Strait of Hormuz, a vital energy route that Iran has effectively closed.
reuters.com
Trump's anger over Iran thrusts NATO into fresh crisis | Reuters
In a speech on Wednesday night, Trump criticized U.S. allies but stopped short of condemning NATO, as many experts thought he might. But combined with other barbs aimed at Europeans in recent weeks, Trump's comments have provoked unprecedented concern that the U.S. will not come to the aid of European allies should they be attacked, whether or not Washington formally walks away. The result, say analysts and diplomats, is that the alliance created in the Cold War that has long served as the basic fabric of European security is fraying and the mutual defense agreement at its core is no longer taken as a given.
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