JUST IN: The President of 🇨🇺 declares his country is ready to resist and defend itself in the event of a US attack. 🇺🇸⚔️🇨🇺

JUST IN: The President of 🇨🇺 declares his country is ready to resist and defend itself in the event of a US attack. 🇺🇸⚔️🇨🇺

President Donald Trump has accused Nato members of making a “foolish mistake” by refusing to help the US secure the Strait of Hormuz during the war with Iran.
Despite the pressure on oil prices brought about by severe disruption to the critical waterway amid the conflict, he insisted the US does not need help from its allies.
Speaking alongside Irish Prime Minister Micheál Martin at the White House, Trump said he has been informed by most Nato allies that they do not want to get involved in the war, a conflict many of them view as illegal.
While Trump has said some countries are willing to help escort ships through the strait, he has yet to publicly identify them.

In heated remarks in the Oval Office on Tuesday, Trump insisted that “we don’t need any help” from Nato.
“But they should’ve been there,” he added.
The US president said the reluctance to send mine-sweeping vessels to the Gulf was “not a big deal”, but was “unfair” to the US.

He reserved his harshest criticism for the UK, citing its lack of participation and assistance in the US-Israeli strikes on Iran.
Trump said the US-UK relationship was “always the best” until “[Prime Minister] Keir [Starmer] came along”.
He also said the war was a “great test” of the alliance’s relations with the US.
But when asked if he was considering any retaliatory measures, the president said only that he had “nothing currently in mind”.
Trump also complained that Nato allies had benefited from tens of billions of dollars in US backing for Ukraine to fend off Russia’s invasion.
“We will protect them, but they will do nothing for us, in particular, in a time of need,” the president said on social media.