Trump Says He’s Strongly Considering Pulling US Out of NATO

U.S. President Donald Trump said he is strongly considering withdrawing the United States from NATO, in comments published on April 1. Trump told UK newspaper The Telegraph in an April 1 interview that he is seriously reconsidering U.S. membership in NATO, saying that his request for assistance in the Strait of Hormuz was a test that allies didn’t pass. Describing the alliance as a “paper tiger,” Trump said removing the United States from the pact was now “beyond reconsideration.” “I was never swayed by NATO. I always knew they were a paper tiger, and Putin knows that too, by the way,” Trump said....