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Donald Trump has again attacked Nato for not supporting the US in the Iran war, following a private meeting with its Secretary General Mark Rutte at the White House.

In a post shared to Truth Social after the meeting, the US President said: "NATO WASN'T THERE WHEN WE NEEDED THEM, AND THEY WON'T BE THERE IF WE NEED THEM AGAIN."

Meanwhile, Rutte has described his meeting to CNN with Trump as "very frank" and "very open", despite clear disagreements.

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[–] protist@retrofed.com 33 points 18 hours ago* (last edited 18 hours ago) (1 children)

Iran has Trump's nuts in a vise right now. They've successfully made the Strait reopening contingent upon Israel stopping its attacks on Lebanon, which means Trump would have to put on big boy pants and stop Netanyahu, but Trump doesn't have the life skills to put on big boy pants. Trump threatens total war with Iran, but knows that would be the end of his administration domestically. He has left Iran with more power than they had before he attacked, and doesn't know what to do, so is trying to bully NATO into saving him, which NATO will never succumb to.

[–] rayyy@piefed.social 3 points 17 hours ago

Nicely summed up.