Trump Presses NATO Exit as US Faces Isolated Iran War

Trump declared a US NATO exit as beyond reconsideration, branding the alliance a paper tiger.

The announcement came barely five weeks after Trump ordered the strikes with no allied consultation.

Al Jazeera

European allies were forced into a rapid reassessment after France, Spain, Italy, and Poland refused US requests.

Each arrived at the same legal and political conclusion that NATO's collective defense did not apply.

Britain hosted 35-nation talks aimed at forming a coalition to reopen the Strait of Hormuz.

France, the Netherlands, Gulf states, and others were involved.

ANSA

The coalition would not operate as a NATO mission but as a separate effort.

This underscored challenges of securing allied participation.

NATO withdrew its advisory mission from Iraq, relocating forces to Europe.

Poland, Spain, and Croatia announced troop withdrawals.

The mission was non-combat and focused on advising Iraqi security forces.

This marks the first formal pullback of NATO forces from the Middle East.

The Iran war has reverberated through global energy markets.

European leaders moved to accelerate energy diversification plans.

Bloomberg

The US found itself isolated as its unilateral war triggered cascading economic pain.

Trump's shuttle diplomacy illustrated growing urgency to arrest damage.