US president claims alliance is a ‘paper tiger’ and the UK ‘doesn’t even have a navy’

US president claims alliance is a ‘paper tiger’ and the UK ‘doesn’t even have a navy’

The President's comments are the latest threat to America's allies after their reluctance to help reopen the Strait of Hormuz.

Trump has criticised Nato members for showing a lack of support for US objectives in Iran.

Donald Trump has said he is considering pulling the US out of Nato, likening the alliance to a ‘paper tiger’. Lucy Hough speaks to the Guardian’s Europe correspondent, Jon Henley

The US president hinted at leaving the military alliance as he wages war on Iran with little support from allies

Trump has expressed growing contempt for North Atlantic allies as they refused to be drawn into his war on Iran