US Likely Doesn’t Have to Be There for NATO, Trump Says

President Donald Trump said Friday that the United States likely doesn’t have to be there for NATO, noting that the alliance has provided little to no material support to U.S. military efforts against the Iranian regime. Trump made the comments while addressing questions at the Future Investment Initiative Institute summit at the Faena Forum in Miami Beach, Florida. ​​“I think a tremendous mistake was when NATO just wasn’t there. They just weren’t there. It’s going to make a lot of money for the United States because we spend hundreds of billions of dollars a year on NATO—protecting them,” Trump said. “We would have always been there for them, but now, based on their actions, I guess we don’t have to be, do we?” ...