‘Paper Tiger’: Trump and Rubio float U.S. exit from NATO

President Donald Trump holds a Cabinet meeting, Wednesday, April 30, 2025, in the Cabinet Room. Seated at left is Interior Secretary Doug Burgum and Secretary of State Marco Rubio, center. (Official White House photo by Molly Riley)

President Donald Trump is floating an exit from the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO), calling the transatlantic alliance a “paper tiger” as European powers refuse to enter the conflict with Iran. Secretary of State Marco Rubio is also declaring a need to “reexamine”...