Political expert describes Trump’s NATO 'confusion'

Donald Trump has questioned the future of the Nato alliance as he called on America’s allies to help reopen the Strait of Hormuz.

How do we know this though? Because the FT's Edward Luce rang him up and asked him!

"If there’s no response or if it’s a negative response I think it will be very bad for the future of NATO,” Trump warned.

“We’ll see if they help us. Because I’ve long said that we’ll be there for them but they won’t be there for us,” he told the Mr Luce.

It's a call that appeared to directly contradict previous comments made by the US President, after telling Starmer the UK shouldn't 'join wars after we've already won'.

He added that the US didn’t have to help Nato allies with Ukraine as it is “thousands of miles away from us but we helped them.”

The UK appears unlikely to agree to the US president’s call for allies to contribute warships to a mission to protect shipping passing through the waterway from Iranian attacks.

Sir Keir on Sunday did not heed calls from Mr Trump to deploy warships to secure the Strait of Hormuz.

The Prime minister spoke to Mr Trump for the first time since the US president called for help from other nations.The pair “discussed the ongoing situation in the Middle East and the importance of reopening the Strait of Hormuz to end the disruption to global shipping, which is driving up costs worldwide”, a Downing Street spokeswoman said.

But there was no response from the Prime Minister to the President’s call for the UK and other nations impacted by the blockade to send warships to the region to protect the Strait of Hormuz.

However, Britain could send mine-hunting drones to the region as the Government seeks to stave off criticism from Mr Trump for ignoring his call for warships.

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