NATO’s ‘initial refusal’ to aid US against Iran could bring ‘big changes’: Byron York

Published April 6, 2026 12:34pm ET



Washington Examiner chief political correspondent Byron York said a former Bush administration official is predicting a “shift in power” in the North Atlantic Treaty Organization.

Ari Fleischer, former President George W. Bush’s first White House press secretary, said on X that NATO will “never be the same” once the U.S.’s war with Iran concludes. He said western European countries like Spain, England, France, and Italy have “sold us out,” whereas eastern European nations are “the heart of NATO.”

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