'We don't need help!' Trump explodes after Nato, other nations refuse to take part in Iran war

US President Donald Trump on Tuesday asserted that the United States does not require support from its allies as it continues military operations against Iran, declaring that the country is "by far the most powerful country Anywhere in the World and they do not need the help of anyone!" In a post on Truth Social, Trump said several Nato allies had declined to participate in the US-led military campaign. "The United States has been informed by most of our Nato ‘allies’ that they don’t want to get involved with our Military Operation against the Terrorist Regime of Iran, in the Middle East, this, despite the fact that almost every Country strongly agreed with what we are doing, and that Iran cannot, in any way, shape, or form, be allowed to have a Nuclear Weapon," he wrote."I am not surprised by their action, however, because I always considered NATO, where we spend Hundreds of Billions of Dollars per year protecting these same Countries, to be a one way street — We will protect them, but they will do nothing for us, in particular, in a time of need," he added.

The US President also claimed significant military success against Iran. "Fortunately, we have decimated Iran’s Military Their Navy is gone, their Air Force is gone, their Anti-Aircraft and Radar is gone and perhaps, most importantly, their Leaders, at virtually every level, are gone, never to threaten us, our Middle Eastern Allies, or the World, again!" He said that given these developments, US reliance on allies was no longer necessary. "Because of the fact that we have had such Military Success, we no longer ‘need,’ or desire, the Nato Countries’ assistance, we never did!Likewise, Japan, Australia, or South Korea. In fact, speaking as President of the United States of America, by far the Most Powerful Country Anywhere in the world, we do not need the help of anyone!" Trump’s remarks come amid visible strain in Washington’s relations with its allies, after several countries responded cautiously or declined his call to deploy warships to escort merchant vessels through the Strait of Hormuz.