Trump says he's considering pulling U.S. out of 'paper tiger' NATO
From cnbc.com
U.S. President Donald Trump is reportedly considering pulling the U.S. out of NATO, in the latest threat to America’s allies after their reluctance to help reopen the Strait of Hormuz. In an interview with The Telegraph newspaper, the president described the 77-year-old defensive alliance as a “paper tiger” and, when asked if he would reconsider the U.S.′ membership of the bloc after the Iran conflict ends, Trump told the paper: “Oh yes, I would say [it’s] beyond reconsideration.” “I was never swayed by NATO. I always knew they were a paper tiger, and Putin knows that too, by the way,” he said, in comments ...
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