Donald Trump mocks NATO allies again, calling the Alliance a paper tiger without the US. He criticizes them for their reluctance to open the blocked Strait of Hormuz.
On Friday, US President Donald Trump once again verbally attacked allies from the North Atlantic Alliance (NATO), calling them “cowards” and “paper tigers” on a social network, as they do not want to help reopen the Strait of Hormuz. TASR informs about it with reference to Sky News television.
- Donald Trump called European NATO allies cowards and paper tigers.
- Trump claims that without the United States, NATO is just a paper tiger without power.
- According to Trump, Iran is militarily defeated and poses a minimal threat to NATO.
- The American president declared that the United States does not actually need NATO’s help.
- The bombing of Iran led to the blockade of the Strait of Hormuz and a sharp increase in the price of oil.
“NATO is a PAPER TIGER without the US!” he wrote on his platform Truth Social. Now that Iran is militarily defeated and poses very little threat to NATO, the countries of the Alliance complain about the high oil prices they are forced to pay, but they do not want to help open the Strait of Hormuz, which he says would be “a simple military maneuver”.
Trump criticizes NATO
“It’s so easy for them, almost risk-free. We cowards will remember!” concluded Trump.
As recently as March 17, during a meeting with Irish Prime Minister Micheál Martin, the US President declared that the US does not actually need NATO’s help, but considers the Alliance’s inaction a “very stupid mistake”.
Declaration of the Allies
The leaders of Britain, France, the Netherlands, Germany, Italy and Japan, joined by Canada, expressed in a joint statement on Thursday their readiness to contribute to “reasonable” efforts to ensure safe navigation through the Strait of Hormuz, but did not officially commit to anything. They also expressed deep concern about the escalating conflict in the Middle East and called on Iran to stop threatening, laying mines and blocking the strait to commercial shipping.
Increase in oil prices
Global oil prices have soared in the wake of a war that broke out on February 28 when the United States and Israel began bombing Iran, prompting Tehran to respond with retaliatory strikes in the Persian Gulf region and a near-total blockade of the Strait of Hormuz, an important shipping route for oil and liquefied natural gas.
