Trump Tells The Telegraph NATO Is a 'Paper Tiger,' Remains 'Strongly Considering' US Exit

President Trump told The Telegraph he was still 'strongly considering' pulling the United States out of NATO and called the alliance a 'paper tiger,' citing European allies' refusal to support the Iran war and Strait of Hormuz operations. Trump said the US would no longer guarantee Hormuz security for allies that did not participate in the war effort. Secretary of State Rubio separately reinforced the message on Fox News: 'There's no doubt, unfortunately, after this conflict is concluded, we are going to have to re-examine that relationship... We're going to have to re-examine the value of NATO for our country.' TIME headlined: 'Trump Threatens to Pull U.S. Out of NATO Amid Fallout Over Iran War.' Al Jazeera analyzed how allied governments were pushing back against Trump's Iran war demands. The public statements from both the President and Secretary of State on the same day marked the most concentrated senior US executive-branch challenge to NATO membership in the alliance's history.