U.S. President Donald Trump criticized NATO as he held a joint news conference with the bloc’s secretary-general, Mark Rutte, on Wednesday in Ankara, before the 36th summit of heads of state and government from NATO member states.
“I am not happy with NATO over Greenland, Iran. We are treated unfairly in NATO; we pay disproportionately,” he said.
"I don’t want to deal (with Iranians); they’re sick people," he said about the war with Iran after the cease-fire between the two countries was violated overnight with U.S. strikes in Iran.
Trump had nothing but good words for Türkiye, especially for President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan. "I like President Erdoğan, he rolled out the red carpet for me. Türkiye is very strong; they’ve got the best (military) equipment," he said.
With tensions peaking after an overnight flare-up between U.S. and Iranian forces, Trump declared the Iran cease-fire was "over," then took aim at NATO allies who failed to back his campaign against Tehran.
