US President Donald Trump said that the United States has been informed by most NATO member states of their unwillingness to be involved in the US military operation against Iran, and called it a "very stupid mistake", Reuters reported, BTA reported.
Speaking in the Oval Office of the White House, Trump pointed out that NATO countries support the US-Israeli war, which has entered its third week, but do not want to participate in it.
"I think NATO is making a very stupid mistake", the US head of state said at the White House.
"Everybody agrees with us, but they don't want to help. And we, the United States, should remember that, because I think it's quite shocking," he added.
Trump called on countries to help secure the Strait of Hormuz after Iran responded to joint US-Israeli attacks by effectively blocking the sea route for oil tankers passing through it with drones, missiles and mines, Reuters recalls.
However, several NATO countries said yesterday that they did not plan to send ships to help lift the blockade for now, effectively ignoring Trump's call for military support.
"Because of the fact that we have had such military success, we no longer "need" and we do not want the help of NATO countries - AND WE NEVER HAVE! The same goes for Japan, Australia and South Korea," Trump wrote on his social platform Truth Social before his remarks in the Oval Office.
US President Donald Trump wrote today on his profile on his social platform Truth Social that the US has been informed by most of its NATO allies that they do not want to be involved in the US military operation against Iran, BTA reported.
"The US has been informed by most of its "allies" in NATO that they do not want to be involved in our military operation against the terrorist regime in Iran, in the Middle East, and this despite the fact that almost every country has categorically agreed with what we are doing, and that Iran cannot, in any way, shape or form, be allowed to possess nuclear weapons. Still, I am not surprised by their actions because I have always considered NATO, where we pour hundreds of billions of dollars a year into defending these same countries, to be a one-way street - we will defend them and they will do nothing for us, and then only when we need them," Trump wrote.
"Fortunately, we have destroyed the Iranian military - their navy is gone, their air force is gone, their air defenses and radar systems are gone, and perhaps most importantly, their leaders, at almost every level, are gone, never to threaten us, our Middle Eastern allies, or the world again! Because of the fact that we have had such military success, we no longer "need" or desire the help of NATO countries - AND WE NEVER HAVE! The same goes for Japan, Australia, and South Korea. "In fact, speaking as the president of the United States, at this moment the strongest country anywhere in the world, WE DO NOT NEED ANYONE'S HELP! Thank you for your attention on this matter," the American president added in his post.