Wall Street Journal: The proposal would involve moving U.S. troops out of North Atlantic Treaty Organization member countries deemed unhelpful to the Iran war effort and station them in countries that were more supportive of the U.S. military campaign. The proposal would fall far short of President Trump’s recent threats to fully withdraw the U.S. from the alliance, which by law he can’t do without Congress…
Trump Rebukes NATO Over Iran After Meeting With Alliance’s Chief
“NATO WASN’T THERE WHEN WE NEEDED THEM, AND THEY WON’T BE THERE IF WE NEED THEM AGAIN. REMEMBER GREENLAND, THAT BIG, POORLY RUN, PIECE OF ICE!!!” the president wrote in a post on his Truth Social platform on Wednesday evening.
Asked at a briefing earlier Wednesday if he might try to pull the US out of NATO, White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt said, “it’s something the president has discussed, and I think it’s something the president will be discussing in a couple of hours” when he meets Rutte…
Trump vents at NATO but avoids rupture after meeting with alliance’s leader
President Donald Trump was planning to discuss the possibility of the United States exiting the NATO defense alliance in a meeting with its top leader on Wednesday, the White House said, a threat to the organization that for generations has been at the core of how the United States protects itself and its partners…