U.S. President Donald Trump claimed in a post on his Truth Social platform that "without the United States, NATO is a paper tiger." According to him, alliance members "refused to join the fight to prevent a nuclear Iran, and now that the battle has ended in military victory, with less danger to them, they complain about the high oil prices they have to pay - but don't want to help open the Strait of Hormuz." He concluded: "They are cowards - and we will remember."

