Trump Says He’s Strongly Considering Pulling US Out of NATO

Trump said the alliance is a ‘paper tiger’ and lambasted member states for not being more helpful in respect to the Iran conflict.

Flags of NATO members fly at the NATO headquarters in Brussels on September 12, 2025. Simon Wohlfahrt/AFP via Getty Images

U.S. President Donald Trump said he is strongly considering withdrawing the United States from NATO, in comments published on April 1.

Trump told UK newspaper The Telegraph in an April 1 interview that he is seriously reconsidering U.S. membership in NATO, saying that his request for assistance in the Strait of Hormuz was a test that allies didn’t pass.