US President Donald Trump, continuing his criticism of NATO, has said that US spending on NATO is going to be under serious examination.
On Monday, April 13, Trump again expressed disappointment with what he calls NATO’s failure to back the US and Israel’s war on Iran.
Speaking to reporters, he said, “They weren’t there for us. Now they want to come up, but there’s no real threat anymore.”
Trump has also generally questioned the value of US membership in the alliance.
He added: “You know, we spent trillions of dollars on NATO to help them guard really against Russia, when you think of it, we’re guarding against Russia. And I’ve long thought it was a little ridiculous.”
These remarks come as NATO did not join the US war against Iran.
