U.S. President Donald Trump says he’s strongly considering pulling the United States out of NATO. Trump remarks have ratcheted up his criticism of European allies and exposed a wider rift in the trans-Atlantic alliance.

His comments came hours before he claimed that Tehran’s “new regime president”, whom he did not name, had requested a ceasefire. He also pledged to “bomb Iran back to the Stone Ages” if a deal was not struck to open the Strait of Hormuz and alleviate chaos in the energy markets.

After threatening to withdraw from the alliance, the president did not mention it in his address to the nation, and will meet the secretary general, Mark Rutte, next week

Rising tensions between the U.S. and Europeans are threatening to break up the alliance that has been the foundation of the post-World War II order.

In his latest speech on the Iran war, Donald Trump outlined Washington’s stance but left out critical details that could shape the trajectory of the conflict. The omissions have raised fresh questions over the next phase of the war and how allies and global markets will respond.

A withdrawal from the alliance would require discussions with lawmakers and a defined process that does not appear to have started.

President Donald Trump has attacked NATO after US allies refused to support the Iran war effort, calling the alliance a "paper tiger" and saying America leaving is "beyond reconsideration"

President Trump said that U.S. membership in the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) is “beyond reconsideration,” marking one of his strongest rebukes of the alliance to date. “I would say