Trump’s NATO complaints over Iran war underscore distaste for multilateralism

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President Donald Trump’s dislike of multilateral alliances and organizations has only increased since the start of his war with Iran.

Trump announced on Tuesday that the United States no longer needs assistance from North Atlantic Treaty Organization allies to secure the Strait of Hormuz, despite spending the weekend putting pressure on countries, including China, France, Japan, South Korea, and the United Kingdom, to help with, among other priorities, sweeping the channel for mines dropped by Iran.

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