Overview
- Trump, who posted late Tuesday on Truth Social, said NATO "wasn't there for us" and warned it would not be in the future.
- He accuses European allies of denying bases, airspace, and help to reopen the Strait of Hormuz during U.S. operations against Iran.
- European officials are advancing a fallback framework dubbed a more European-led NATO, aiming to shift more command roles and add European military enablers if U.S. support wanes.
- Reporting says the White House has weighed moving some of the roughly 84,000 U.S. troops in Europe from countries seen as unhelpful to those viewed as supportive.
- A formal U.S. exit would require approval by Congress, but the president can still redeploy forces, a move that would strain Europe’s reliance on U.S. intelligence, satellites, and logistics.