Overview
- Following Wednesday’s closed-door White House talks with NATO chief Mark Rutte, President Trump posted that “NATO wasn’t there when we needed them” and again invoked Greenland.
- Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt said leaving NATO is something the president has discussed, while Rutte called the exchange frank and said most European allies provided basing, logistics and overflights.
- Multiple reports citing The Wall Street Journal say the administration is weighing moving U.S. troops out of countries deemed unhelpful and into allies seen as more supportive.
- Several European governments limited U.S. use of airspace or bases for strikes on Iran, arguing NATO is a defensive pact and saying they were not consulted on the offensive campaign.
- The meeting came a day after a two‑week U.S.–Iran ceasefire was announced, and any U.S. downgrading of NATO ties could shift deployments in Europe and strain coordination on Russia and Ukraine.