Trump claims US doesn’t need NATO help with Iran war
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Trump says the United States no longer needs NATO allies or other partners-such as Japan, Australia, or South Korea-in the Iran war, arguing that a U.S.-Israel operation has decimated Tehran’s military and that allied help is unnecessary. He reiterated this position in a bilateral meeting with Ireland’s prime minister in the Oval Office and in posts on Truth Social, criticizing NATO as making a “very foolish mistake.” The article notes that many NATO allies have shown reluctance to get involved as the Iran conflict enters its third week, despite Trump’s long-standing push to boost their defense spending and to secure the Strait of Hormuz. It also highlights related developments, including the resignation of Joe Kent, Trump’s counterterrorism director, and supportive comments from Senator Lindsey Graham about NATO and the broader stakes of the confrontation.
Trump says he no longer wants NATO allies involved in Iran war
President Donald Trump claimed the United States does not need the help of members of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization in the war against Iran, despite calling for allies to help secure the Strait of Hormuz earlier this week.
The president said on Tuesday that the U.S.-Israel operation against Iran was successful in decimating Tehran’s military, not warranting additional help from other nations.
“Because of the fact that we have had such Military Success, we no longer “need,” or desire, the NATO Countries’ assistance — WE NEVER DID!” Trump fumed on Truth Social. “Likewise, Japan, Australia, or South Korea. In fact, speaking as President of the United States of America, by far the Most Powerful Country Anywhere in the World, WE DO NOT NEED THE HELP OF ANYONE!”
Trump reiterated his comments in person during a bilateral with Taoiseach Micheál Martin, Ireland’s prime minister, in the Oval Office.
“And I didn’t do a full court press, because I think if I did, they probably would,” he said. “But we don’t, we don’t need help.” Trump also claimed, “NATO is making a very foolish mistake.”
Trump’s frustrations with NATO allies’ desires to stay neutral as the Iran war enters its third week of battle.
“The United States has been informed by most of our NATO “Allies” that they don’t want to get involved with our Military Operation against the Terrorist Regime of Iran, in the Middle East,” he wrote on Truth Social on Tuesday.
“I am not surprised by their action, however, because I always considered NATO, where we spend Hundreds of Billions of Dollars per year protecting these same Countries, to be a one-way street — We will protect them, but they will do nothing for us, in particular, in a time of need,” Trump also wrote.
The president has long criticized NATO members for not contributing enough funding to the alliance. He successfully negotiated an increase in their defense spending from 2% gross domestic product to 5%. But allies have been wary of wading into the Iran war, even as Trump had previously asked for help to secure the Strait of Hormuz to help reduce oil prices.
Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-SC), a Trump ally on Capitol Hill, said he spoke to the president Tuesday morning about NATO.
“I have never heard him so angry in my life. I share that anger given what’s at stake,” he wrote on X. “The repercussions of providing little assistance to keep the Strait of Hormuz functioning are going to be wide and deep for Europe and America.”
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