At a press conference on Monday to update reporters on Iran, President Donald Trump said NATO has “gone out of their way not to help” in the conflict.

REPORTER: Mr. President, on NATO, you voiced your displeasure with NATO in the past. Is there a danger to the U.S. not being the de facto leader of the alliance and then other powers within the alliance then getting the decision-making when it comes to wars and nuclear weapons? PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP: No, it’s not a danger. Look, we went to NATO. I didn’t ask very strongly. I just said, hey, if you want to help, great. No, no, no, we will not help. I said, that’s all right. You don’t want to help? Because I’ve always said NATO is a paper tiger. See, NATO is a paper tiger. Putin is not afraid of NATO. Putin is afraid of us, very afraid of us. And he’s explained it to me a lot of times. I got to know him very well. I know him very well. NATO is a paper tiger. NATO is us. And when we needed them, but we didn’t need them, by the way. We didn’t need them, obviously, because they haven’t helped at all. Just the opposite. They’ve actually gone out of their way not to help. They didn’t even want to give us landing strips. Think of it. And it’s not just NATO. /blockquote>
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