TRUMP: ‘WE DO NOT NEED THE HELP OF ANYONE!’: President Donald Trump has never been a fan of NATO, viewing the 77-year-old alliance as a protection racket in which the U.S. gets little in return for spending billions to protect ungrateful allies. During his first term, Trump contemplated withdrawing from NATO, and now, during his second term, his frustration has boiled over as European allies rebuffed his entreaties to join a U.S.-led coalition to restore the free flow of oil through the Strait of Hormuz.
“We no longer ‘need,’ or desire, the NATO Countries’ assistance — WE NEVER DID!” Trump ranted in an angry sour grapes post on Truth Social. “I always considered NATO, where we spend Hundreds of Billions of Dollars per year protecting these same Countries, to be a one way street — We will protect them, but they will do nothing for us.”
