NATO chief to visit Trump after president threatens to exit military alliance

Published April 1, 2026 10:48pm ET



NATO Secretary-General Mark Rutte is set to meet with Donald Trump after the president threatened to leave the Western military alliance. 

The NATO chief is coming to Washington, D.C., and holding court with Trump next week. The development comes as Trump has escalated criticism of NATO in recent weeks due to what he believes has been the alliance’s failure to effectively target Iran alongside the United States and secure the Strait of Hormuz.

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