Trump Rebukes NATO Over Iran After Meeting With Alliance’s Chief

April 9, 2026, 12:12 AM UTC

President Donald Trump lashed out at NATO after meeting with the military alliance’s secretary general, Mark Rutte, making clear that his anger over the organization’s stance on the Iran war remained acute.

“NATO WASN’T THERE WHEN WE NEEDED THEM, AND THEY WON’T BE THERE IF WE NEED THEM AGAIN. REMEMBER GREENLAND, THAT BIG, POORLY RUN, PIECE OF ICE!!!” the president wrote in a post on his Truth Social platform on Wednesday evening.

Asked at a briefing earlier Wednesday if he might try to pull the US out of NATO, White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt said, “it’s something the ...

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