NATO chief says he understands Trump’s “disappointment” with allies over Iran
US President Donald Trump is “clearly disappointed” with many NATO allies for not supporting the US and Israel’s warfare on Iran to the extent he needed, NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte stated after assembly with Trump on Wednesday.
Rutte, who described the assembly as a frank and open dialogue between “two good friends,” instructed NCS’s Jake Tapper that he understood the president’s disappointment. But he stated he identified to Trump that many European nations helped in different methods, together with by offering logistics, overflights, basing and different help.
The president, nonetheless, continued to lash out at NATO allies following the assembly.
“NATO WASN’T THERE WHEN WE NEEDED THEM, AND THEY WON’T BE THERE IF WE NEED THEM AGAIN,” Trump wrote on his Truth Social platform.“REMEMBER GREENLAND, THAT BIG, POORLY RUN, PIECE OF ICE!!!”
Asked forward of the assembly if the US was nonetheless contemplating withdrawing from NATO, White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt stated Trump would seemingly focus on the matter with Rutte.
Rutte declined to reply whether or not the president stated he would try a withdrawal.
“Well, as I said, there is a disappointment, clearly, but at the same time, he was also listening (carefully) to my arguments of what is happening,” Rutte stated when pressed on the matter.
Rutte insisted that a lot of Europe helps the president in relation to taking out Iran’s capability to “export chaos.”
In a press release launched earlier as we speak, the leaders of a bunch of European international locations welcomed the announcement of a two-week ceasefire between Iran and the United States and stated “our governments will contribute to ensuring freedom of navigation in the Strait of Hormuz.”
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