Trump: NATO won't help the U.S. this time, and the U.S. won't help NATO in the future!

According to CCTV International News, local time on March 27, U.S. President Trump said that, based on the fact that NATO did not support the U.S. in its actions against Iran, the U.S. would also not need to stand up for NATO at any time going forward.

Trump said, “War always brings unexpected events—bad unexpected events. Some wars that should have been won are lost; many wars are lost. A certain country that wants to destroy another ends up being destroyed itself. So there is always a lot of risk.”

Trump said that NATO’s absence from this war was a huge mistake. The U.S. spends tens of billions of dollars every year to protect NATO, but NATO chose not to help the U.S. this time, so the U.S. will not help NATO either. “If they don’t help us, then why would we help them?”

Local time on March 26, U.S. President Trump again publicly complained during a cabinet meeting that NATO member countries had not responded actively to his previously proposed so-called “Hormuz Strait escort” demands, and he also again called NATO a “paper tiger.” That day, he posted on social media, once again expressing dissatisfaction with NATO, with all of it written in all-capital English letters: the U.S. “has nothing to ask of NATO,” but it “will never forget” this important turning point.

It is understood that during that day’s cabinet meeting, Trump said, “The head of state of Germany” said that the fighting involving Iran “is not our war,” which was an “improper” statement. According to Trump’s view and in response to Germany’s position, his reply was: “Okay, then Ukraine is also not our war.”

In addition, during the cabinet meeting, Trump also singled out another ally, Australia: “Australia is not good—I’m a bit surprised at Australia’s (response to the fighting).”

On March 27, German Chancellor Scholz said that if the goal of the United States and Israel launching military action against Iran is “regime change,” he does not think that goal can be achieved.

Scholz said on the day that he hopes the fighting will end soon, but that the United States and Israel are “only getting more deeply stuck.” He doubts whether the U.S. and Israel have a strategy to end the fighting; if they do, whether they can successfully implement it.

Scholz said that the economic consequences of the fighting in the Middle East are “very direct.” Germany is one of the parties bearing the brunt. If a ceasefire agreement is reached, Germany could consider jointly organizing military escorts involving the Hormuz Strait with other parties, but that would require international authorization as well as approval by the German federal parliament and a government cabinet resolution. However, as long as the fighting is still ongoing, for Germany, this is “not an option.”

(Source: Daily Economic News)