Donald Trump made no mention of NATO or solidarity among allies during his speech on April 1. But, just hours earlier, he said he was 'absolutely' considering withdrawing from NATO and called his European allies 'cowards.'

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

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 president, a longtime critic of Nato, has stepped up criticism after allies refused to join the US-Israel war on Iran

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

After threatening to withdraw from the alliance, the president did not mention it in his address to the nation, and will meet the secretary general, Mark Rutte, next week

Donald Trump made no mention of NATO or solidarity among allies during his speech on April 1. But, just hours earlier, he said he was 'absolutely' considering withdrawing from…