Trump said that the Russian leadership knows about his opinion of NATO as a paper tiger.

The United States has always considered NATO to be a paper tiger, and Russia was also aware of this position. This was announced on April 1 by US President Donald Trump in an interview with The Telegraph newspaper.

"NATO has never influenced me. I always knew they were paper tigers, and [Russian leader Vladimir] Putin, by the way, knows this too," he said.

According to the American leader, at the moment he is seriously considering the possibility of the United States withdrawing from the alliance against the background of the fact that the alliance did not support Washington in the military operation in the Middle East.

NATO is not sad: The United States has become disillusioned with its allies in the bloc

The end of the war in Iran may be Washington's first step towards withdrawing from the North Atlantic Alliance.

A day earlier, Pentagon Chief Pete Hegseth said that Trump would decide the future of NATO after the end of the conflict in Iran. He noted that the United States faces obstacles and hesitations, even when they send requests to NATO members for the deployment of bases and the possibility of overflight.

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