'Cowards, paper tiger': Trump blasts NATO over lack of support in war against Iran

Irked by NATO allies over the lack of support for his appeal to send military to remove Iran's hold of the Strait of Hormuz amid West Asia conflict, Donald Trump on Friday lashed out at the countries, calling them "cowards".

In a post on Truth Social, Trump said that without the United States, NATO would be "a paper tiger." He accused the member nations of refusing to participate in what he framed as an effort to stop a "nuclear-powered Iran," adding that the conflict had already been "militarily won" with minimal risk for



them.

"Without the U.S.A., NATO IS A PAPER TIGER! They didn't want to join the fight to stop a nuclear-powered Iran. Now that the fight is militarily won, with very little danger for them, they complain about the high oil prices they are forced to pay, but don’t want to help open the Strait of Hormuz, a simple military maneuver that is the single reason for the high oil price," he wrote in the post.

"So easy for them to do, with so little risk. COWARDS, and we will REMEMBER!" he added.