Trump is right about NATO’s weakness; the real question is how does America fix it

This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed. ©2026 FOX News Network, LLC. All rights reserved. Quotes displayed in real-time or delayed by at least 15 minutes. Market data provided by Factset. Powered and implemented by FactSet Digital Solutions. Legal Statement. Mutual Fund and ETF data provided by LSEG. Fox News contributor Dan Hoffman discusses President Donald Trump's Iran strategy, aiming to eliminate nuclear weapons within weeks. When President Trump told The Daily Telegraph NATO is a "paper tiger" and withdrawing the United States is "beyond reconsideration," the foreign policy establishment erupted. It shouldn’t have. Trump was saying aloud what many inside the Pentagon have known for years. The surprise isn’t the criticism. The surprise is how long Washington waited to have this conversation. I know this alliance from the inside. During the Cold War, I served as a U.S. Army infantry officer in West Germany, drafting contingency plans to blunt a Soviet-armored assault long enough for reinforcements that might never come. Later, as a Pentagon strategist, I spent years alongside NATO counterparts watching the alliance expand its reach, add membe