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Trump says he's considering pulling US out of NATO over Iran war stance 69%
By Bradford Betz0%
4/1/2026, 11:02:02 AM
BS Summary: This article contains 20 faulty reasoning types, including Hasty Generalization, Appeal to Emotion, and Begging the Question, with Confirmation Bias as the most egregious example at 15.8% saturation with 56 hits. Analysis detected 591 faulty-reasoning hits from 355 analyzed words, generating a BS Score of 62.8% and a BS Rank of 69% (5,247 of 16,813 articles). This article is worse (more manipulative) than 68.80% of the article peer group.
President Donald Trump said he is strongly considering pulling the United States out of NATO over the alliance’s refusal to join his administration’s efforts in the Iran conflict, according to a report.
"I was never swayed by NATO," Trump told The Daily Telegraph in an interview published Wednesday.
The president, long a critic of the military alliance, which has been pivotal in maintaining global order since World War II, said reconsidering the matter was "beyond consideration."
"I always knew they were a paper tiger, and Putin knows that too, by the way," Trump told the British outlet.
The comments come after European nations reportedly rejected Trump’s request that allies send warships to reopen the Strait of Hormuz, through which roughly 20% of the world’s oil supply travels.
Iran has threatened or moved to restrict access to the strait in reaction to the U.S. offensive against Iranian targets, raising concerns about global energy markets and economic stability.
"Beyond not being there, it was actually hard to believe.
And I didn’t do a big sale.
I just said, ‘Hey,’ you know, I didn’t insist too much.
I just think it should be automatic," Trump said.
"We’ve been there automatically, including Ukraine.
Ukraine wasn’t our problem.
It was a test, and we were there for them, and we would always have been there for them.
They weren’t there for us."
The president also criticized the United Kingdom and Prime Minister Keir Starmer for not participating in the conflict.
"You don’t even have a navy.
You’re too old and had aircraft carriers that didn’t work," Trump said.
Responding to the president’s comments, Starmer said Britain is "fully committed to NATO," calling it "the single most effective military alliance the world has ever seen."
Starmer told reporters that "whatever the pressure on me and others, whatever the noise, I am going to act in the British national interest in all the decisions I make."
The Associated Press contributed to this report.
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