Nato ‘very disappointing’, says Trump, in fresh attack ahead of Rutte speech – Europe live

US president suggests alliance needs pressure placed on it to ‘understand anything’ as reports suggest he has demanded commitments to help secure strait of Hormuz

Donald Trump has taken to his Truth Social platform again on Thursday to renew his criticism of the alliance.

The US president posted that “none of these people” (which people is unclear), including “our own, very disappointing Nato, understood anything unless they have pressure placed upon them!!!”.

Whether that relates to earlier reports (13.28) that Trump told the Nato secretary general, Mark Rutte, he wanted to see concrete commitments within days from Nato members for helping to secure the strait of Hormuz remains to be seen.