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Trump news at a glance: president makes fresh threat to pull US out of Nato

Trump has expressed growing contempt for North Atlantic allies as they refused to be drawn into his war on Iran – key US politics stories from Wednesday 1 April at a glance Donald Trump has said he is “absolutely” considering withdrawing the US from Nato, warning that the matter was “beyond reconsideration” after the refusal of US allies to join the US-Israeli war against Iran. Trump has long been vocally sceptical about the benefit of Nato membership to the US, but since North Atlantic allies have refused to take part in the month-long, faltering US-Israeli assault on Iran, the president has stepped up his rhetoric. It could be politically and constitutionally difficult for Trump to formally withdraw from the 1949 Washington treaty, Nato’s founding document, but Ivo Daalder, the US permanent representative at Nato headquarters from 2009 to 2013, said the serious damage to the alliance had already been done. “This is by far the worst crisis Nato has ever confronted. Military alliances are, at their core, based on trust: the confidence that if I am attacked, you will come help defend,” Daalder wrote in an online commentary. “It’s hard to see how any European country will now be able

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Trump voices frustration with NATO, says Iranian navy ‘destroyed’ as US preps for blockade

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Trump voices frustration with NATO, says Iranian navy ‘destroyed’ as US preps for blockade

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Apr 11, 2026·The GuardianT2 · Outlet reportKEY MOMENT
Why the Nato alliance is not as likely to dissolve as Trump makes it seem

Trump has upped the stridency and threatening nature of his complaints, but the US and Europe need each other Collateral damage is a universally acknowledged hazard of war – more commonly known for its impact on truth…

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Ex-NATO ambassador warns US and allies must 'stop the sniping' and unite to end Iran conflict

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Apr 3, 2026·The GuardianT2 · Outlet report
The Guardian view on the US and Europe: the UK tried to be a bridge, but Trump likes to burn them | Editorial

The president’s outbursts on allies and Nato were further confirmation that Europe cannot wait to bolster security – and Britain must play its part “She had no more surprises for him; the unexpected in her behaviour was…

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Apr 2, 2026·The GuardianT2 · Outlet reportKEY MOMENT
‘You have to be serious’: Macron criticises Trump’s mixed messages about Nato and Iran

Speaking in South Korea, the French president defended the transatlantic alliance and called for return to peace Emmanuel Macron has sharply criticised Donald Trump’s inconsistent and often contradictory…

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Trump news at a glance: president makes fresh threat to pull US out of Nato

Trump has expressed growing contempt for North Atlantic allies as they refused to be drawn into his war on Iran – key US politics stories from Wednesday 1 April at a glance Donald Trump has said he is “absolutely”…

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Trump has upped the stridency and threatening nature of his complaints, but the US and Europe need each other Collateral damage is a universally acknowledged hazard of war – more commonly known for its impact on truth and non-combatant…

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T2 · Outlet reportThe GuardianApr 3, 2026

The president’s outbursts on allies and Nato were further confirmation that Europe cannot wait to bolster security – and Britain must play its part “She had no more surprises for him; the unexpected in her behaviour was the only thing to…

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T2 · Outlet reportThe GuardianApr 2, 2026

Speaking in South Korea, the French president defended the transatlantic alliance and called for return to peace Emmanuel Macron has sharply criticised Donald Trump’s inconsistent and often contradictory pronouncements on the Iran war…

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T2 · Outlet reportThe GuardianApr 2, 2026

Trump has expressed growing contempt for North Atlantic allies as they refused to be drawn into his war on Iran – key US politics stories from Wednesday 1 April at a glance Donald Trump has said he is “absolutely” considering withdrawing…

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