Trump reveals he’ll torch NATO in landmark speech TONIGHT as he ‘absolutely’ threatens to quit ‘disgusting’ alliance

Donald Trump threatens to withdraw the US from NATO; It’s a move that would shatter the world’s most powerful military alliance and leave Western security in disarray.

The president said he is “absolutely” considering leaving the 32-nation bloc and plans to scold his allies for their failure to support the war against Iran in his address to the nation at 9pm on Wednesday.

“I will discuss my disgust with NATO,” Trump told Reuters. Asked if he was considering leaving, he said: ‘Absolutely, without question. ‘Wouldn’t you do that if you were me?’

Trump described the bloc, founded in 1949, as a ‘paper tiger’ that America’s enemies did not take seriously; Europe’s refusal to support its war against Iran appears to be the final straw in its long-running feud with its members.

“I would say this is beyond reconsideration,” Trump told the Daily Telegraph in a separate interview. ‘I was never impressed by NATO. ‘I always knew they were paper tigers, and Putin knows it too, by the way.’

Trump’s threat comes at a time when European allies are turning their backs on the Iran war, with France’s Emmanuel Macron calling US strikes ‘beyond international law’ and Britain’s Keir Starmer declaring it is ‘not our war’.

European countries, including Italy and Spain, have banned U.S. warplanes from landing at bases and flying in their airspace as Iran’s dominance of the Strait of Hormuz causes global oil prices to soar.

Trump told his allies that they should ‘go to the Bosphorus and take it’, adding that they should either buy US crude oil or ‘go and buy your own oil’.

Trump warns he is strongly considering pulling US out of NATO in latest attack on ‘paper tiger’

Smoke rises after an Israeli airstrike hit a building near the airport road in Beirut, Lebanon, Tuesday, March 31, 2026.

Shortly after Trump’s fiery comments, Sir Keir Starmer said NATO was ‘the most effective military alliance the world has ever seen’

Since the beginning of the war with Iran, the United States has tried but failed to persuade its NATO allies to join the war.

The bloc has been reluctant to help reopen the Strait of Hormuz, the vital waterway through which 20 percent of the world’s oil normally passes each day.

Following the implementation of the blockade, Iran closed the Bosphorus for almost weeks, causing oil and gas prices to rise.

NATO’s reluctance to fight in the Middle East appears to have irritated Trump, who said: ‘It was really hard to believe, beyond not being there. I just think it should be automatic.

‘We were there automatically, including Ukraine. Ukraine was not our problem. This was a test and we were with them and we will always be with them. [NATO] ‘They weren’t there for us.’

He also accused England of being weak and accused the Royal Navy of not being in good enough shape to fight: ‘You don’t even have a navy. ‘You’re too old and you have aircraft carriers that don’t work.’

Shortly after Trump’s fiery comments, Britain’s Starmer said NATO was ‘the most effective military alliance the world has ever seen’.

He also said he would act only in Britain’s interests, adding to the Middle East conflict: ‘This is not our war and we will not be dragged into it.’

Trump attended a bilateral meeting with NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte on the sidelines of the World Economic Forum Annual Meeting in Davos, Switzerland, on January 21.

Finnish President Alexander Stubb, Dutch Prime Minister Dick Schoof, French President Emmanuel Macron, NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte, US President Donald Trump, Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis, British Prime Minister Keir Starmer, Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban took a family photo with NATO country leaders during the North Atlantic Treaty Organization.

The annual meeting of political and business leaders took place amid rising tensions between the US and Europe over a range of issues, including Trump’s promise to buy Greenland. He has since given up on that ambition, at least for now.

He said England would host An international diplomatic conference will be held this week on ways to reopen the Strait of Hormuz.

Trump had previously said the US could end its attack on Iran within two to three weeks and would hand over responsibility for the Strait of Hormuz to countries that depend on the strait for oil and shipping, after the White House announced his prime-time presidential address on the war on Wednesday evening.

Trump on Tuesday expressed frustration with allies who don’t want to do more to support the US war effort, telling them to “go buy your own oil.”

He has recently wavered between insisting there is progress in diplomatic talks with Iran and threatening to expand the war.

Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi admitted in an interview with Al Jazeera that he received direct messages from US envoy Steve Witkoff.

However, he emphasized that there were no direct negotiations and stated that Iran does not believe that the talks with the USA will yield any results, saying that the ‘confidence level is zero’.

‘You cannot speak to the Iranian people in the language of threats and deadlines,’ Araghchi said.

When asked whether the United States would launch a ground war against Iran, Araghchi dismissed the idea.

‘I don’t think they would dare to do such a thing,’ he said. ‘Very heavy losses will await them.’