M’East War: Trump Fumes, Labels NATO ‘Paper Tiger Organisation’ For Not Supporting US
By Akanni Toba
US President, Donald Trump, has registered his disappointment over the refusal of members of the North Atlantic Treaty Organisation (NATO) to join his country to prosecute the war against Iran.
A visibly angry Trump described the alliance as an organisation that has outlived his usefulness threatening that the US might pull out of the alliance after the war in Iran.
Trump made this disclosure in an interview with The Telegraph published Wednesday, describing NATO as a “paper tiger”.
“Oh yes, I would say [it’s] beyond reconsideration. I was never swayed by NATO,” the president said when asked if he would reconsider US membership of the alliance after the conflict.
“I always knew they were a paper tiger, and Putin knows that too, by the way.”
The president took a swipe particularly at British Prime Minister, Keir Starmer for denying US Britain’s support while not sparing the entire European countries for showing no interest in his country’s operations in the Middle East.
“You don’t even have a navy. You’re too old and had aircraft carriers that didn’t work,” Trump said.
The US joined Israel on March 1 to launch airstrikes on the residence of the late supreme leader of Iran, Ali Khamenei, killing some of his lieutenants and even relatives.
Israel, with the support of the US, kept launching missiles at Iran attacking the country’s military facilities and prominent personalities in the oil-rich nation.
Iran, however, did not take the attack lying down as the country launched counter-attacks and later resorting to blocking the Strait of Hormuz.
The Strait of Hormuz is a critical sea passage for about 20 percent of the world’s oil, which is now considered closed due to the war.
Trump has demanded that allies send warships to reopen the strait — a request that has been largely baulked at.
Starmer in particular made the position of the UK known stressing that the country was not interested in joining the war against Iran.
