“The USA Won’t Be There to Help You”: Trump’s Savage NATO Ultimatum Following Iran War Betrayal

In the wake of a high-intensity, four-week conflict that has left Iran “essentially decimated,” a new and perhaps more permanent war has begun: a diplomatic scorched-earth campaign by President Donald Trump against the United States’ oldest allies. The President has made it clear that he neither forgives nor forgets the perceived disloyalty of NATO members who hesitated, questioned, or outright refused to support American military efforts in the Persian Gulf . This tectonic shift in foreign policy suggests that the era of unquestioned American protection for Europe and the United Kingdom is coming to a sudden, jarring end.